तां वै प्रवयसो बालां विधिज्ञा विप्रयोषित: । भवानीं वन्दयांचक्रुर्भवपत्नीं भवान्विताम् ॥ ४५ ॥
tāṁ vai pravayaso bālāṁ vidhi-jñā vipra-yoṣitaḥ bhavānīṁ vandayāṁ cakrur bhava-patnīṁ bhavānvitām
- tām
- her
- vai
- indeed
- pravayasaḥ
- elderly
- bālām
- the young girl
- vidhi
- of ritual injunctions
- jñāḥ
- expert knowers
- vipra
- of brāhmaṇas
- yoṣitaḥ
- the wives
- bhavānīm
- to Goddess Bhavānī
- vandayām cakruḥ
- they led in offering respects
- bhava-patnīm
- the wife of Bhava (Lord Siva)
- bhava-anvitām
- accompanied by Lord Bhava
The older wives of brāhmaṇas, expert in the knowledge of rituals, led young Rukmiṇī in offering respects to Bhavānī, who appeared with her consort, Lord Bhava.