बाणस्य मन्त्री कुम्भाण्डश्चित्रलेखा च तत्सुता । सख्यपृच्छत् सखीमूषां कौतूहलसमन्विता ॥ १२ ॥
bāṇasya mantrī kumbhāṇḍaś citralekhā ca tat-sutā sakhy apṛcchat sakhīm ūṣāṁ kautūhala-samanvitā
- bāṇasya
- of Bāṇa
- mantrī
- the minister
- kumbhāṇḍaḥ
- Kumbhāṇḍa
- Citralekhā
- citralekhā
- ca
- and
- tat
- his
- sutā
- daughter
- sakhī
- the girlfriend
- apṛcchat
- she asked
- sakhīm
- her girīfriend
- ūṣām
- Ūṣā
- kautūhala
- with curiosity
- samanvitā
- full
Bāṇāsura had a minister named Kumbhāṇḍa, whose daughter was Citralekhā. A companion of Ūṣā’s, she was filled with curiosity, and thus she inquired from her friend.