क एतेऽनुपथा ये त एकादश महाभटा: । एता वा ललना: सुभ्रु कोऽयं तेऽहि: पुर:सर: ॥ २७ ॥
ka ete ’nupatha ye ta ekadasa maha-bhatah eta va lalanah subhru ko ’yam te ’hih purah-sarah
- ke
- who
- ete
- all these
- anupathah
- followers
- ye
- they who
- te
- your
- ekadasa
- eleven
- maha-bhatah
- very powerful bodyguards
- etah
- all of these
- va
- also
- lalanah
- women
- su-bhru
- O beautiful-eyed one
- kah
- who
- ayam
- this
- te
- your
- ahih
- the snake
- purah
- in front
- sarah
- going.
My dear lotus-eyed, who are those eleven strong bodyguards with you, and who are those ten specific servants? Who are those women following the ten servants, and who is the snake that is preceding you?