क्रीडन्तस्तानुपव्रज्य कुमारा यदुनन्दना: । उपसङ्गृह्य पप्रच्छुरविनीता विनीतवत् ॥ १३ ॥ ते वेषयित्वा स्त्रीवेषै: साम्बं जाम्बवतीसुतम् । एषा पृच्छति वो विप्रा अन्तर्वत्न्यसितेक्षणा ॥ १४ ॥ प्रष्टुं विलज्जती साक्षात् प्रब्रूतामोघदर्शना: । प्रसोष्यन्ती पुत्रकामा किंस्वित् सञ्जनयिष्यति ॥ १५ ॥
krīḍantas tān upavrajya kumārā yadu-nandanāḥ upasaṅgṛhya papracchur avinītā vinīta-vat te veṣayitvā strī-veṣaiḥ sāmbaṁ jāmbavatī-sutam eṣā pṛcchati vo viprā antarvatny asitekṣaṇā praṣṭuṁ vilajjatī sākṣāt prabrūtāmogha-darśanāḥ prasoṣyantī putra-kāmā kiṁ svit sañjanayiṣyati
- krīḍantaḥ
- playing
- tān
- them (the sages)
- upavrajya
- approaching
- kumārāḥ
- the young boys
- yadu-nandanāḥ
- the sons of the Yadu dynasty
- upasaṅgṛhya
- taking hold of the sages’ feet
- papracchuḥ
- they asked
- avinītāḥ
- not humble
- vinīta-vat
- acting as if humble
- te
- they
- veṣayitvā
- dressing
- strī-veṣaiḥ
- in a woman’s clothes and ornaments
- sāmbam jāmbavatī-sutam
- Sāmba, the son of Jāmbavatī
- eṣā
- this woman
- pṛcchati
- is asking
- vaḥ
- you
- viprāḥ
- O learned brāhmaṇas
- antarvatnī
- pregnant
- asita-īkṣanā
- black-eyed
- praṣṭum
- to ask
- vilajjatī
- embarrassed
- sākṣāt
- directly herself
- prabrūta
- please speak
- amogha-darśanāḥ
- O you whose vision is never bewildered
- prasoṣyantī
- she who is just about to give birth
- putra-kāmā
- and desirous of getting a son
- kim svit
- what indeed (a son or daughter?)
- sañjanayiṣyati
- will she give birth to
To that holy place, the young boys of the Yadu dynasty had brought Sāmba, son of Jāmbavatī, dressed in woman’s garb. Playfully approaching the great sages gathered there, the boys grabbed hold of the sages’ feet and impudently asked them with feigned humility, “O learned brāhmaṇas, this black-eyed pregnant woman has something to ask you. She is too embarrassed to inquire for herself. She is just about to give birth and is very desirous of having a son. Since all of you are great sages with infallible vision, please tell us whether her child will be a boy or a girl.”