धर्म उवाच कच्चिद्भद्रेऽनामयमात्मनस्ते विच्छायासि म्लायतेषन्मुखेन । आलक्षये भवतीमन्तराधिं दूरे बन्धुं शोचसि कञ्चनाम्ब ॥ १९ ॥
dharma uvaca kaccid bhadre ’namayam atmanas te vicchayasi mlayatesan mukhena alaksaye bhavatim antaradhim dure bandhum socasi kancanamba
- dharmah uvaca
- Dharma inquired
- kaccit
- whether
- bhadre
- madam
- anamayam
- quite hale and hearty
- atmanah
- self
- te
- unto you
- vicchaya asi
- appear to be covered with the shadow of grief
- mlayata
- which darkens
- isat
- slightly
- mukhena
- by the face
- alaksaye
- you look
- bhavatim
- unto yourself
- antaradhim
- some disease within
- dure
- long distant
- bandhum
- friend
- socasi
- thinking of
- kancana
- someone
- amba
- O mother.
Dharma (in the form of a bull) asked: Madam, are you not hale and hearty? Why are you covered with the shadow of grief? It appears by your face that you have become black. Are you suffering from some internal disease, or are you thinking of some relative who is away in a distant place?