पूर्वं देवाशुभं भुञ्ज इति प्राह पतेति स: । तावदद्राक्षमात्मानं कृकलासं पतन् प्रभो ॥ २४ ॥
pūrvaṁ devāśubhaṁ bhuñja iti prāha pateti saḥ tāvad adrākṣam ātmānaṁ kṛkalāsaṁ patan prabho
- pūrvam
- first
- deva
- O lord
- aśubham
- the sinful reactions
- bhuñje
- I will experience
- iti
- thus saying
- prāha
- said
- pata
- fall
- iti
- thus
- saḥ
- he
- tāvat
- just then
- adrākṣam
- I saw
- ātmānam
- myself
- kṛkalāsam
- a lizard
- patan
- falling
- prabho
- O master
I replied, “First, my lord, let me suffer my sinful reactions,” and Yamarāja said, “Then fall!” At once I fell, and while falling I saw myself becoming a lizard, O master.