पतिव्रता पतिं प्राह म्लायता वदनेन सा । दरिद्रं सीदमाना वै वेपमानाभिगम्य च ॥ ८ ॥
pati-vratā patiṁ prāha mlāyatā vadanena sā daridraṁ sīdamānā vai vepamānābhigamya ca
- pati-vratā
- faithful to her husband
- patim
- to her husband
- prāha
- she said
- mlāyatā
- drying up
- vadanena
- with her face
- sā
- she
- daridram
- poor
- sīdamānā
- distressed
- vai
- indeed
- vepamānā
- trembling
- abhigamya
- approaching
- ca
- and
The chaste wife of the poverty-stricken brāhmaṇa once approached him, her face dried up because of her distress. Trembling with fear, she spoke as follows.