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ŚB 9.3.7

Devanagari

सुकन्या प्राह पितरं भीता किञ्चित् कृतं मया ।
द्वे ज्योतिषी अजानन्त्या निर्भिन्ने कण्टकेन वै ॥ ७ ॥

Text

sukanyā prāha pitaraṁ
bhītā kiñcit kṛtaṁ mayā
dve jyotiṣī ajānantyā
nirbhinne kaṇṭakena vai

Synonyms

sukanyā — the girl Sukanyā; prāha — said; pitaram — unto her father; bhītā — being afraid; kiñcit — something; kṛtam — has been done; mayā — by me; dve — two; jyotiṣī — luminous objects; ajānantyā — because of ignorance; nirbhinne — have been pierced; kaṇṭakena — with a thorn; vai — indeed.

Translation

Being very much afraid, the girl Sukanyā said to her father: I have done something wrong, for I have ignorantly pierced these two luminous substances with a thorn.