अहो बकी यं स्तनकालकूटं जिघांसयापाययदप्यसाध्वी । लेभे गतिं धात्र्युचितां ततोऽन्यं कं वा दयालुं शरणं व्रजेम ॥ २३ ॥
aho baki yam stana-kala-kutam jighamsayapayayad apy asadhvi lebhe gatim dhatry-ucitam tato ’nyam kam va dayalum saranam vrajema
- aho
- alas
- baki
- the she-demon (Putana)
- yam
- whom
- stana
- of her breast
- kala
- deadly
- kutam
- poison
- jighamsaya
- out of envy
- apayayat
- nourished
- api
- although
- asadhvi
- unfaithful
- lebhe
- achieved
- gatim
- destination
- dhatri-ucitam
- just suitable for the nurse
- tatah
- beyond whom
- anyam
- other
- kam
- who else
- va
- certainly
- dayalum
- merciful
- saranam
- shelter
- vrajema
- shall I take.
Alas, how shall I take shelter of one more merciful than He who granted the position of mother to a she-demon (Putana) although she was unfaithful and she prepared deadly poison to be sucked from her breast?