ददर्श भर्तुः सङ्कल्पजगज्जम्बालपल्वलम् । सिंहीव शैलकुहरं तमोजलदपङ्किलम् ॥ ७ ॥
dadarśa bhartuḥ saṅkalpajagajjambālapalvalam | siṁhīva śailakuharaṁ tamōjaladapaṅkilam || 7 ||
Translation
she saw her husband's world of thought, a pond full of slime, as a lioness sees a mountain cave, murky with darkness and cloud.
Word by word
- dadarśa
- she saw
- bhartuḥ
- her husband's
- saṅkalpa
- of thought
- jagaj
- (jagat) world
- jambāla
- full of slime
- palvalam
- a pond
- siṁhī
- a lioness
- iva
- as
- śaila
- a mountain
- kuharaṁ
- cave
- tamō
- (tamaḥ) with darkness
- jalada
- and cloud
- paṅkilam
- murky
Meaning
From outside, the world her husband lives in is not glorious: it is a muddy pond, murky like a cave seen from its mouth, dark with cloud. The commentary: dark with the cloud of ignorance. The image of the lioness looking into a cave is exact: she looks in without fear, because she is stronger than anything inside. So Līlā, who has seen the truth from Sarasvatī, looks into the world where her husband is caught.