Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

ऐह्येहि मम पुत्रेति सामपूर्वं ततः सुतम् आलिङ्ग्यादाय दुःखार्ता प्रददौ कृत्रिमं पयः

Transliteration

aihyehi mama putreti sāmapūrvaṃ tataḥ sutam āliṅgyādāya duḥkhārtā pradadau kṛtrimaṃ payaḥ

Translation

Sumigaw siya, “Halika, halika—anak ko,” at una’y pinayapa siya sa malumanay na pananalita; saka niya niyakap at binuhat ang bata, at ang inang nababalot ng dalamhati ay nagbigay ng gatas na inihandang pamalit.

Word by Word

• aihyehi: come, come

• mama: my

• putra: son

• iti: thus

• sāma-pūrvam: preceded by soothing/conciliatory speech

• tataḥ: then

• sutam: the son/child

• āliṅgya: having embraced

• ādāya: having taken up (in her arms)

• duḥkha-ārtā: afflicted by sorrow

• pradadau: she gave/offered

• kṛtrimaṃ: artificial/substitute/prepared

• payaḥ: milk

Speaker

Suta (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)