मीनान्सुदु:खितान्दृष्ट्वा दीनान्मीनपतौ हते । कृपया सौभरि: प्राह तत्रत्यक्षेममाचरन् ॥ १० ॥
mīnān su-duḥkhitān dṛṣṭvā dīnān mīna-patau hate kṛpayā saubhariḥ prāha tatratya-kṣemam ācaran
- mīnān
- the fish
- su-duḥkhitān
- most unhappy
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- dīnān
- wretched
- mīna-patau
- the lord of the fish
- hate
- being killed
- kṛpayā
- out of compassion
- saubhariḥ
- Saubhari
- prāha
- spoke
- tatratya
- for those living there
- kṣemam
- the welfare
- ācaran
- trying to enact
Seeing how the unfortunate fish in that lake had become most unhappy at the death of their leader, Saubhari uttered the following curse under the impression that he was mercifully acting for the benefit of the lake’s residents.