अरक्ष्यमाणा: स्त्रिय उर्वि बालान् शोचस्यथो पुरुषादैरिवार्तान् । वाचं देवीं ब्रह्मकुले कुकर्म- ण्यब्रह्मण्ये राजकुले कुलाग्रयान् ॥ २१ ॥
araksyamanah striya urvi balan socasy atho purusadair ivartan vacam devim brahma-kule kukarmany abrahmanye raja-kule kulagryan
- araksyamanah
- unprotected
- striyah
- women
- urvi
- on the earth
- balan
- children
- socasi
- you are feeling compassion
- atho
- as such
- purusa-adaih
- by cannibals (Raksasas)
- iva
- like that
- artan
- those who are unhappy
- vacam
- vocabulary
- devim
- the goddess
- brahma-kule
- in the family of the brahmana
- kukarmani
- acts against the principles of religion
- abrahmanye
- persons against the brahminical culture
- raja-kule
- in the administrative family
- kula-agryan
- most of all the families (the brahmanas)
Are you feeling compunction for the unhappy women and children who are left forlorn by unscrupulous persons? Or are you unhappy because the goddess of learning is being handled by brahmanas addicted to acts against the principles of religion? Or are you sorry to see that the brahmanas have taken shelter of administrative families that do not respect brahminical culture?