श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । एवमाकलयन्त्यौ ते निर्गत्य जगतो निजात् । अन्तःपुरं ददृशतुर्झटित्येव विनिर्गते ॥ १ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | ēvamākalayantyau tē nirgatya jagatō nijāt | antaḥpuraṁ dadṛśaturjhaṭityēva vinirgatē || 1 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Seeing all this, the two left their own world, and coming out, in a moment they saw the inner palace.
Word by word
- ēvam
- thus
- ākalayantyau
- seeing, taking in
- tē
- the two
- nirgatya
- leaving
- jagatō
- (jagataḥ) world
- nijāt
- from their own
- antaḥpuraṁ
- the inner palace
- dadṛśatur
- (dadṛśatuḥ) the two saw
- jhaṭiti
- in a moment
- ēva
- just
- vinirgatē
- having come out
Meaning
The tale of Līlā returns to where it began. After the long journey through the worlds, which lasted no time at all, the queen and the goddess step out of the world of Līlā's former life, the mountain village of the brahmin Vasiṣṭha, and find themselves again in the royal women's quarters (antaḥpura) of King Padma. "In a moment" (jhaṭiti): leaving a world of thought takes no journey, only a turn of attention.