तदा शुचस्ते प्रमृजामि भद्रे यद्ब्रह्मबन्धो: शिर आततायिन: । गाण्डीवमुक्तैर्विशिखैरुपाहरे त्वाक्रम्य यत्स्नास्यसि दग्धपुत्रा ॥ १६ ॥
tada sucas te pramrjami bhadre yad brahma-bandhoh sira atatayinah gandiva-muktair visikhair upahare tvakramya yat snasyasi dagdha-putra
- tada
- at that time only
- sucah
- tears in grief
- te
- your
- pramrjami
- shall wipe away
- bhadre
- O gentle lady
- yat
- when
- brahma-bandhoh
- of a degraded brahmana
- sirah
- head
- atatayinah
- of the aggressor
- gandiva-muktaih
- shot by the bow named Gandiva
- visikhaih
- by the arrows
- upahare
- shall present to you
- tva
- yourself
- akramya
- riding on it
- yat
- which
- snasyasi
- take your bath
- dagdha-putra
- after burning the sons
O gentle lady, when I present you with the head of that brahmana, after beheading him with arrows from my Gandiva bow, I shall then wipe the tears from your eyes and pacify you. Then, after burning your sons’ bodies, you can take your bath standing on his head.