अतीव भर्तुर्व्रतधर्मनिष्ठया शुश्रूषया चार्षदेहयात्रया । नाविन्दतार्तिं परिकर्शितापि सा प्रेयस्करस्पर्शनमाननिर्वृति: ॥ २० ॥
ativa bhartur vrata-dharma-nisthaya susrusaya carsa-deha-yatraya navindatartim parikarsitapi sa preyaskara-sparsana-mana-nirvrtih
- ativa
- very much
- bhartuh
- of the husband
- vrata-dharma
- vow to serve him
- nisthaya
- by determination
- susrusaya
- by serving
- ca
- also
- arsa
- like the great saintly sages
- deha
- body
- yatraya
- living condition
- na
- did not
- avindata
- perceive
- artim
- any difficulty
- parikarsita api
- although transformed to become lean and thin
- sa
- she
- preyah-kara
- very pleasing
- sparsana
- touching
- mana
- engaged
- nirvrtih
- pleasure
Although she was not accustomed to such difficulties, Queen Arci followed her husband in the regulative principles of living in the forest like great sages. She lay down on the ground and ate only fruits, flowers and leaves, and because she was not fit for these activities, she became frail and thin. Yet because of the pleasure she derived in serving her husband, she did not feel any difficulties.