tanaye 'nudinaṁ pituḥ
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- patir vidhatte puruṣasya śakra
- na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ
- mamottamaśloka-janeṣu sakhyaṁ
- vidhya śūlaṁ tarasāsurendraḥ
- jahi sva-śatruṁ na viṣāda-kālaḥ
- tam ajñāya jano hetum
- grasate tāni taiḥ svayam
- paśya māṁ nirjitaṁ śatru
- You have crossed the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, and because of this you have given up the demoniac mentality and have attained the position of an exalted devotee.
- O respectable one! Vṛtrāsura, who was completely able to subdue his enemy, took his iron club, whirled it around, and then threw it at Indra with his left hand.
- cukruśuḥ samaharṣayaḥ
- tadā ca khe dundubhayo vinedur
- vijvarā nirvṛtendriyāḥ
- strī-bhū-druma-jalair eno
- tayendraḥ smāsahat tāpaṁ
- tāvat triṇākaṁ nahuṣaḥ śaśāsa
- taṁ ca brahmarṣayo 'bhyetya
- rajas-tamaḥ-svabhāvasya
- su-durlabhaḥ praśāntātmā
- vṛtras tu sa kathaṁ pāpaḥ
- cintā bandhyā-pater abhūt
- rājñā tathā prakṛtayo
- praśrayāvanato 'bhyāha
- ity arthitaḥ sa bhagavān
- As the Kṛttikās, through Agni, had a child named Skanda, Kṛtadyuti, through Citraketu, became pregnant after eating remnants of food from the sacrifice.
- tanaye 'nudinaṁ pituḥ
- sapatnyāḥ putra-sampadā
- mumoha vibhraṣṭa-śiroruhāmbarā
- stana-dvayaṁ kuṅkuma-paṅka-maṇḍitaṁ
- tvaṁ tāta nārhasi ca māṁ kṛpaṇām anāthāṁ
- uttiṣṭha tāta ta ime śiśavo vayasyās
- naṣṭa-saṁjñam anāyakam
- yathā prayānti saṁyānti
- janma-mṛtyor yathā paścāt
- dehy artha iva śāśvataḥ
- kau yuvāṁ jñāna-sampannau
- Aṅgirā said: O King! I am the giver of the son to you who desired a son, and this is Nārada, a great sage, son of Lord Brahmā.
- na dṛśyante manobhavāḥ
- yāṁ dhārayan sapta-rātrād
- jīvātman paśya bhadraṁ te
- paryaṭanti nareṣv evaṁ
- eṣa nityo 'vyayaḥ sūkṣma
- na doṣaṁ na kriyā-phalam
- bāla-hatyā-hata-prabhāḥ
- tmānandānubhūtyaiva
- so 'vyān naḥ sad-asat-paraḥ
- bhaktāyaitāṁ prapannāya
- ab-bhakṣaḥ susamāhitaḥ
- premāśru-leśair upamehayan muhuḥ
- tava vibhavaḥ khalu bhagavan
tanaye 'nudinaṁ pituḥ
yathā niḥsvasya kṛcchrāpte
dhane sneho 'nvavardhata
When a poor man obtains money after great difficulty, his affection for the money increases daily. Similarly, when King Citraketu, after great difficulty, received a son, his affection for the son increased day after day.
|| 6.14.37 ||
mātus tv atitarāṁ putre
sneho moha-samudbhavaḥ
kṛtadyuteḥ sapatnīnāṁ
prajā-kāma-jvaro 'bhavat
The mother developed extreme affection for her son out of illusion. The other wives developed a feverish desire to have sons.
The other wives developed a painful desire for a son.
|| 6.14.38 ||
citraketor atiprītir
yathā dāre prajāvati
na tathānyeṣu sañjajñe
bālaṁ lālayato 'nvaham
As King Citraketu fostered his son very carefully, his affection for Queen Kṛtadyuti who bore the son increased, and gradually he lost affection for the other wives.
|| 6.14.39 ||
tāḥ paryatapyann ātmānaṁ
garhayantyo 'bhyasūyayā
ānapatyena duḥkhena
rājñaś cānādareṇa ca
The other queens lamented and condemned themselves with hatred because of the distress of being sonless and because of the King’s neglect.
|| 6.14.40 ||
dhig aprajāṁ striyaṁ pāpāṁ
patyuś cāgṛha-sammatām
suprajābhiḥ sapatnībhir
dāsīm iva tiraskṛtām
A wife who has no sons is considered by her husband to be fit for sending off to the forest and is criticized like a maidservant by her co-wives who have children. Certainly such a woman is condemned as sinful.
The sonless wife is seen by the husband as worthy of sending to live in the forest.
|| 6.14.41 ||
dāsīnāṁ ko nu santāpaḥ
svāminaḥ paricaryayā
abhīkṣṇaṁ labdha-mānānāṁ
dāsyā dāsīva durbhagāḥ
Why should maids who serve the master lament, since they gain respect of the master? But we are most unfortunate because we are simply maids of the maidservant.
We are unfortunate like the servant of a maidservant who is unfortunate.
|| 6.14.42 ||
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