सम्प्रापितोऽस्यतदर्ह: सुभद्र । आत्मानमाख्याहि विवित्सतां नो यन्मन्यसे न: क्षममत्र वक्तुम् ॥ ८ ॥
daśām imāṁ vā katamena karmaṇā samprāpito ’sy atad-arhaḥ su-bhadra ātmānam ākhyāhi vivitsatāṁ no yan manyase naḥ kṣamam atra vaktum
- daśām
- condition
- imām
- to this
- vā
- and
- katamena
- by what
- karmaṇā
- action
- samprāpitaḥ
- brought
- asi
- you are
- atat-arhaḥ
- not deserving it
- su-bhadra
- O good soul
- ātmānam
- yourself
- ākhyāhi
- please explain
- vivitsatām
- who are eager to know
- naḥ
- to us
- yat
- if
- manyase
- you think
- naḥ
- to us
- kṣamam
- proper
- atra
- here
- vaktum
- to speak
“By what past activity were you brought to this condition? It seems you did not deserve such a fate, O good soul. We are eager to know about you, so please inform us about yourself — if, that is, you think this the proper time and place to tell us.”