Shloka 38

Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)

Devanagari script

तयोर्धात्र्यौ सुसंवीते कृत्वा ते गर्भसम्प्लवे । निर्गम्यान्त:पुरद्वारात्‌ समुत्सृज्याभिजग्मतु:,उन दोनोंकी धायें गर्भके उन टुकड़ोंको कपड़ेसे ढककर अन्तःपुरके दरवाजेसे बाहर निकलीं और चौराहेपर फेंककर चली गयीं

Transliteration

tayor dhātryau susaṃvīte kṛtvā te garbhasamplave | nirgamyāntaḥpuradvārāt samutsṛjyābhijagmatuḥ ||

Translation

Then the two wet-nurses, having carefully wrapped those fragments of the foetus in cloth, went out through the inner-palace gate; casting them away at a public crossroads, they departed—an act meant to conceal the deed and avert blame, yet ethically marked by secrecy and the disposal of nascent life.

Word by Word

तयोःof those two

धात्र्यौthe two nursemaids

सुसंवीतेin (two) well-wrapped cloths

कृत्वाhaving done / having made

तेthose (pieces)

गर्भसम्प्लवेin the miscarriage / in the expulsion of the fetus

निर्गम्यhaving gone out

अन्तःपुरद्वारात्from the inner-apartment door

समुत्सृज्यhaving thrown away / having cast off

अभिजग्मतुःthey two went away

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

dhātryau (two wet-nurses)

antaḥpura (inner palace)

antaḥpuradvāra (inner-palace gate)

garbha (foetal remains/fragments)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes