Canto 9: LiberationChapter 3: The Marriage of Sukanya and Cyavana Muni

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.3.4

te daiva-codita bala

jyotisi kantakena vai

avidhyan mugdha-bhavena

susravasrk tato bahih

SYNONYMS

te -- those two; daiva-codita -- as if impelled by providence; bala -- that young daughter; jyotisi -- two glowworms within the hole of the earthworm; kantakena -- with a thorn; vai -- indeed; avidhyat -- pierced; mugdha-bhavena -- as if without knowledge; susrava -- came out; asrk -- blood; tatah -- from there; bahih -- outside.

TRANSLATION

As if induced by providence, the girl ignorantly pierced those two glowworms with a thorn, and when they were pierced, blood began to ooze out of them.

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