Shloka 11

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

दुःखिता सा तदा प्राह सम्प्रेक्ष्याघ्राय मूर्धनि संमार्ज्य नेत्रे पुत्रस्य कराभ्यां कमलायते

Transliteration

duḥkhitā sā tadā prāha samprekṣyāghrāya mūrdhani saṃmārjya netre putrasya karābhyāṃ kamalāyate

Translation

そのとき彼女は悲しみに打たれて語り、子をじっと見つめ、頭頂の香りを嗅ぎ、両手でわが子の目をぬぐって、蓮華のように開かせた。

Word by Word

• duḥkhitā: sorrow-stricken

• sā: she

• tadā: then

• prāha: said/spoke

• samprekṣya: having looked closely

• āghrāya: having smelled

• mūrdhani: on the head

• saṃmārjya: having wiped/cleansed

• netre: the two eyes

• putrasya: of (her) son

• karābhyām: with (her) two hands

• kamalāyate: becomes lotus-like/opens like a lotus

Speaker

Suta (narrating the episode to the sages; the verse depicts the mother’s action as she begins to speak)