तां तथा यदुवीरेण भुज्यमानां हतव्रताम् । हेतुभिर्लक्षयां चक्रुरापृईतां दुरवच्छदै: ॥ २५ ॥ भटा आवेदयां चक्रू राजंस्ते दुहितुर्वयम् । विचेष्टितं लक्षयाम कन्याया: कुलदूषणम् ॥ २६ ॥
tāṁ tathā yadu-vīreṇa bhujyamānāṁ hata-vratām hetubhir lakṣayāṁ cakrur āpṛītāṁ duravacchadaiḥ bhaṭā āvedayāṁ cakrū rājaṁs te duhitur vayam viceṣṭitaṁ lakṣayāma kanyāyāḥ kula-dūṣaṇam
- tām
- her
- tathā
- thus
- yadu-vīreṇa
- by the hero of the Yadus
- bhujyamānām
- being enjoyed
- hata
- broken
- vratām
- whose (virgin) vow
- hetubhiḥ
- by symptoms
- lakṣayām cakruḥ
- they ascertained
- ā-prītām
- who was extremely happy
- duravacchadaiḥ
- impossible to disguise
- bhaṭāḥ
- the female guards
- āvedayām cakruḥ
- announced
- rājan
- O King
- te
- your
- duhituḥ
- of the daughter
- vayam
- we
- viceṣṭitam
- improper behavior
- lakṣayāmaḥ
- have noted
- kanyāyāḥ
- of an unmarried girl
- kula
- the family
- dūṣaṇam
- besmirching
The female guards eventually noticed unmistakable symptoms of romantic involvement in Ūṣā, who, having broken her maiden vow, was being enjoyed by the Yadu hero and showing signs of conjugal happiness. The guards went to Bāṇāsura and told him, “O King, we have detected in your daughter the kind of improper behavior that spoils the reputation of a young girl’s family.