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ततः ते भरत-श्रेष्ठtataḥ te bharata-śreṣṭhathen those, O best of the Bharatas,
काशि-राज-सुते शुभेkāśi-rāja-sute śubhethe auspicious daughters of the king of Kashi,
तम् बालम् अभिपत्य आशुtam bālam abhipatya āśurushing to that child, at once
प्रस्नवैः अभिषिञ्चताम्prasnavaiḥ abhiṣiñcatāmsprinkled him with streams [of milk];
ततः सः राजा संहृष्टःtataḥ saḥ rājā saṃhṛṣṭaḥthen that king, overjoyed,
सर्वम् तत् उपलभ्य चsarvam tat upalabhya cahaving understood all of it,
अपृच्छत् नव-हेम-आभाम्apṛcchat nava-hema-ābhāmasked her, radiant as new gold,
राक्षसीम् ताम् अराक्षसीम्rākṣasīm tām arākṣasīmthat rakshasi, [now] no longer a rakshasi:
का त्वम् कमल-गर्भ-आभेkā tvam kamala-garbha-ābhe"who are you, [shining] like the heart of a lotus,
मम पुत्र-प्रदायिनीmama putra-pradāyinīthe giver of my son?
कामया ब्रूहि कल्याणिkāmayā brūhi kalyāṇispeak of your own free will, O gracious one;
देवता प्रतिभासि मेdevatā pratibhāsi meyou seem to me a deity."
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भरतश्रेष्ठbharataśreṣṭhaoriginal form "bharataśreṣṭha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
काशिराजसुतेkāśirājasuteoriginal form "kāśirājasute", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तंtaṃoriginal form "taṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभिपत्याशुabhipatyāśuoriginal form "abhipatyāśu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रस्नवैर्prasnavairoriginal form "prasnavair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वंsarvaṃoriginal form "sarvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अपृच्छन्apṛcchanoriginal form "apṛcchan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नवहेमाभांnavahemābhāṃoriginal form "navahemābhāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राक्षसींrākṣasīṃoriginal form "rākṣasīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वंtvaṃoriginal form "tvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कमलगर्भाभेkamalagarbhābheoriginal form "kamalagarbhābhe", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रप्रदायिनीputrapradāyinīoriginal form "putrapradāyinī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the fearsome man-eater appears to the king radiant as gold, like a deity. It is significant that, having served the good, she is transformed even in appearance: a good deed brings light even to a dark form. The verse shows that serving the good ennobles; and next, Jara will tell of herself, and the name Jarasandha will be given.