अहेरिव पय:पोष: पोषकस्याप्यनर्थभृत् । वेन: प्रकृत्यैव खल: सुनीथागर्भसम्भव: ॥ १० ॥
aher iva payah-posah posakasyapy anartha-bhrt venah prakrtyaiva khalah sunitha-garbha-sambhavah
- aheh
- of a snake
- iva
- like
- payah
- with milk
- posah
- the maintaining
- posakasya
- of the maintainer
- api
- even
- anartha
- against the interest
- bhrt
- becomes
- venah
- King Vena
- prakrtya
- by nature
- eva
- certainly
- khalah
- mischievous
- sunitha
- of Sunitha, Vena’s mother
- garbha
- the womb
- sambhavah
- born of.
The sages began to think within themselves: Because he was born from the womb of Sunitha, King Vena is by nature very mischievous. Supporting this mischievous king is exactly like maintaining a snake with milk. Now he has become a source of all difficulties.