स बाल एव पुरुषो मातामहमनुव्रत: । अधर्मांशोद्भवं मृत्युं तेनाभवदधार्मिक: ॥ ३९ ॥
sa bala eva puruso matamaham anuvratah adharmamsodbhavam mrtyum tenabhavad adharmikah
- sah
- that
- balah
- child
- eva
- certainly
- purusah
- male
- mata-maham
- maternal grandfather
- anuvratah
- a follower of
- adharma
- of irreligion
- amsa
- from a portion
- udbhavam
- who appeared
- mrtyum
- death
- tena
- by this
- abhavat
- he became
- adharmikah
- irreligious.
That boy was born partially in the dynasty of irreligion. His grandfather was death personified, and the boy grew up as his follower; he became a greatly irreligious person.