Shloka 23

वंशानुवर्णनम् — सात्वतवंशः, स्यमन्तक-प्रसङ्गः, कृष्णावतारः, शिवप्रसादः (पाशुपतयोगः)

Devanagari script

वर्षत्रयं प्रतिदिनं गामेकां ब्राह्मणाय तु यदि दद्यास्ततः कुक्षेर् निर्गमिष्याम्यहं पितः

Transliteration

varṣatrayaṃ pratidinaṃ gāmekāṃ brāhmaṇāya tu yadi dadyāstataḥ kukṣer nirgamiṣyāmyahaṃ pitaḥ

Translation

“தந்தையே, மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் தினமும் ஒரு பசுவை ஒரு பிராமணருக்குத் தானம் செய்தால், அப்பொழுது நான் கருப்பையிலிருந்து வெளிவருவேன்.”

Word by Word

• वर्षत्रयम्: for three years

• प्रतिदिनम्: every day

• गाम्: a cow

• एकाम्: one

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a brāhmaṇa

• तु: indeed

• यदि: if

• दद्याः: you would give

• ततः: then/thereupon

• कुक्षेः: from the womb/belly

• निर्गमिष्यामि: I shall come out/emerge

• अहम्: I

• पितः: O father

Speaker

Unborn child (speaking to the father within the narrative), as recounted by Suta Goswami