बहवो हिंसिता भ्रात: शिशव: पावकोपमा: । त्वया दैवनिसृष्टेन पुत्रिकैका प्रदीयताम् ॥ ५ ॥
bahavo hiṁsitā bhrātaḥ śiśavaḥ pāvakopamāḥ tvayā daiva-nisṛṣṭena putrikaikā pradīyatām
- bahavaḥ
- many
- hiṁsitāḥ
- killed out of envy
- bhrātaḥ
- my dear brother
- śiśavaḥ
- small children
- pāvaka-upamāḥ
- all of them equal to fire in brightness and beauty
- tvayā
- by you
- daiva-nisṛṣṭena
- as spoken by destiny
- putrikā
- daughter
- ekā
- one
- pradīyatām
- give me as your gift
My dear brother, by the influence of destiny you have already killed many babies, each of them as bright and beautiful as fire. But kindly spare this daughter. Give her to me as your gift.