तां तीक्ष्णचित्तामतिवामचेष्टितां वीक्ष्यान्तरा कोषपरिच्छदासिवत् । वरस्त्रियं तत्प्रभया च धर्षिते निरीक्ष्यमाणे जननी ह्यतिष्ठताम् ॥ ९ ॥
tāṁ tīkṣṇa-cittām ativāma-ceṣṭitāṁ vīkṣyāntarā koṣa-paricchadāsivat vara-striyaṁ tat-prabhayā ca dharṣite nirīkṣyamāṇe jananī hy atiṣṭhatām
- tām
- that (Pūtanā Rākṣasī)
- tīkṣṇa-cittām
- having a very fierce heart for killing the child
- ati-vāma-ceṣṭitām
- although she was trying to treat the child better than a mother
- vīkṣya antarā
- seeing her within the room
- koṣa-paricchada-asi-vat
- like a sharp sword within a soft sheath
- vara-striyam
- the very beautiful woman
- tat-prabhayā
- by her influence
- ca
- also
- dharṣite
- being overwhelmed
- nirīkṣyamāṇe
- were seeing
- jananī
- the two mothers
- hi
- indeed
- atiṣṭhatām
- they remained silent, without prohibiting
Pūtanā Rākṣasī’s heart was fierce and cruel, but she looked like a very affectionate mother. Thus she resembled a sharp sword in a soft sheath. Although seeing her within the room, Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, overwhelmed by her beauty, did not stop her, but remained silent because she treated the child like a mother.