🪷 ŚB 4.2.13

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

लुप्तक्रियायाशुचये मानिने भिन्नसेतवे । अनिच्छन्नप्यदां बालां शूद्रायेवोशतीं गिरम् ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

lupta-kriyāyāśucaye mānine bhinna-setave anicchann apy adāṁ bālāṁ śūdrāyevośatīṁ giram
Synonyms
lupta-kriyāya — not observing rules and regulations; aśucaye — impure; mānine — proud; bhinna-setave — having broken all rules of civility; anicchan — not desiring; api — although; adām — handed over; bālām — my daughter; śūdrāya — unto a śūdra; iva — as; uśatīm giram — the message of the Vedas..

Translation

I had no desire to give my daughter to this person, who has broken all rules of civility. Because of not observing the required rules and regulations, he is impure, but I was obliged to hand over my daughter to him just as one teaches the messages of the Vedas to a śūdra.

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