पादैर्न्यूनं शोचसि मैकपाद- मात्मानं वा वृषलैर्भोक्ष्यमाणम् । आहो सुरादीन् हृतयज्ञभागान् प्रजा उत स्विन्मघवत्यवर्षति ॥ २० ॥
padair nyunam socasi maika-padam atmanam va vrsalair bhoksyamanam aho suradin hrta-yajna-bhagan praja uta svin maghavaty avarsati
- padaih
- by three legs
- nyunam
- diminished
- socasi
- if you are lamenting for that
- ma
- my
- eka-padam
- only one leg
- atmanam
- own body
- va
- or
- vrsalaih
- by the unlawful meat-eaters
- bhoksyamanam
- to be exploited
- ahoh
- in sacrifice
- sura-adin
- the authorized demigods
- hrta-yajna
- devoid of sacrificial
- bhagan
- share
- prajah
- the living beings
- uta
- increasing
- svit
- whether
- maghavati
- in famine and scarcity
- avarsati
- because of rainlessness
I have lost my three legs and am now standing on one only. Are you lamenting for my state of existence? Or are you in great anxiety because henceforward the unlawful meat-eaters will exploit you? Or are you in a sorry plight because the demigods are now bereft of their share of sacrificial offerings because no sacrifices are being performed at present? Or are you grieving for living beings because of their sufferings due to famine and drought?