पतत्रिणा तदा सार्धं सुस्थितेन च चेतसा | अवसद्रजनीमेकां कौसल्या धर्मकाम्यया || १-१४-३४
patatriNaa tadaa saardham susthitena ca cetasaa | avasat rajaniim ekaam kausalyaa dharma kaaMyayaa || 1-14-34
Translation
Queen Kausalya desiring the results of ritual disconcertedly resided one night with that horse that flew away like a bird. [1-14-34]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
kausalyaa
Queen Kausalya
susthitena cha chetasaa
with composed heart - impassively
dharmakaamaayaa
dharma, desiring for achieving results
patatriNaa saardham
with horse, for results; [where
patatri
also means a bird, one that swiftly flew away like a bird; the sacrificed ritual horse is equated with the Divine Eagle
ekaam rajaniim avasat
one, night, she resided with that horse that flew away.
Chapter context
Ashvamedha commenced as preamble to Putrakameshti ritual
58 verses · Verse 34 of 58
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