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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 9: The Dynasty of Amsuman |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.9.26-27
tat-patny ahakrtarthavat
madayantyah patir vira
SYNONYMS
ksudha-artah -- being aggrieved by hunger; jagrhe -- caught; vipram -- the brahmana; tat-patni -- his wife; aha -- said; akrta-artha-vat -- being unsatisfied, poor and hungry; na -- not; bhavan -- yourself; raksasah -- a man-eater; saksat -- directly or factually; iksvakunam -- among the descendants of Maharaja Iksvaku; maha-rathah -- a great fighter; madayantyah -- of Madayanti; patih -- the husband; vira -- O hero; na -- not; adharmam -- irreligious act; kartum -- to do; arhasi -- you deserve; dehi -- please deliver; me -- my; apatya-kamayah -- desiring to get a son; akrta-artham -- whose desire has not been fulfilled; patim -- husband; dvijam -- who is a brahmana.
TRANSLATION
Being influenced by the propensity of a Raksasa and being very hungry, King Saudasa seized the brahmana. Then the poor woman, the brahmana's wife, said to the King: O hero, you are not actually a man-eater; rather, you are among the descendants of Maharaja Iksvaku. Indeed, you are a great fighter, the husband of Madayanti. You should not act irreligiously in this way. I desire to have a son. Please, therefore, return my husband, who has not yet impregnated me.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness