एकदा निर्गतां गेहाद्दुहन्तीं निशि गां पथि । सर्पोऽदशत्पदा स्पृष्ट: कृपणां कालचोदित: ॥ ९ ॥
ekada nirgatam gehad duhantim nisi gam pathi sarpo ’dasat pada sprstah krpanam kala-coditah
- ekada
- once upon a time
- nirgatam
- having gone away
- gehat
- from home
- duhantim
- for milking
- nisi
- at night
- gam
- the cow
- pathi
- on the path
- sarpah
- snake
- adasat
- bitten
- pada
- on the leg
- sprstah
- thus struck
- krpanam
- the poor woman
- kala-coditah
- influenced by supreme time.
Once upon a time, my poor mother, when going out one night to milk a cow, was bitten on the leg by a serpent, influenced by supreme time.