🪷 ŚB 6.16.14

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

Sanskrit

बालघ्‍न्यो व्रीडितास्तत्र बालहत्याहतप्रभा: । बालहत्याव्रतं चेरुर्ब्राह्मणैर्यन्निरूपितम् । यमुनायां महाराज स्मरन्त्यो द्विजभाषितम् ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

bāla-ghnyo vrīḍitās tatra bāla-hatyā-hata-prabhāḥ bāla-hatyā-vrataṁ cerur brāhmaṇair yan nirūpitam yamunāyāṁ mahārāja smarantyo dvija-bhāṣitam
Synonyms
bāla-ghnyaḥ — the killers of the child; vrīḍitāḥ — being very much ashamed; tatra — there; bāla-hatyā — because of killing the child; hata — having lost; prabhāḥ — all bodily luster; bāla-hatyā-vratam — the atonement for killing the child; ceruḥ — executed; brāhmaṇaiḥ — by the priests; yat — which; nirūpitam — described; yamunāyām — at the river Yamunā; mahā-rāja — O King Parīkṣit; smarantyaḥ — remembering; dvija-bhāṣitam — the statement given by the brāhmaṇa..

Translation

Queen Kṛtyadyuti’s co-wives, who had poisoned the child, were very much ashamed, and they lost all their bodily luster. While lamenting, O King, they remembered the instructions of Aṅgirā and gave up their ambition to bear children. Following the directions of the brāhmaṇas, they went to the bank of the Yamunā, where they bathed and atoned for their sinful activities.

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