SB 9.14.28
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 28
- niśamyākranditaṁ devī
- putrayor nīyamānayoḥ
- hatāsmy ahaṁ kunāthena
- napuṁsā vīra-māninā
SYNONYMS
niśamya — by hearing; ākranditam — crying (because of being stolen); devī — Urvaśī; putrayoḥ — of those two lambs, which she treated as sons; nīyamānayoḥ — as they were being taken away; hatā — killed; asmi — am; aham — I; ku-nāthena — under the protection of a bad husband; na-puṁsā — by the eunuch; vīra-māninā — although considering himself a hero.
TRANSLATION
Urvaśī treated the two lambs like her own sons. Therefore, when they were being taken by the Gandharvas and began crying, Urvaśī heard them and rebuked her husband. "Now I am being killed," she said, "under the protection of an unworthy husband, who is a coward and a eunuch although he thinks himself a great hero.