नारद उवाच पुरञ्जन: स्वमहिषीं निरीक्ष्यावधुतां भुवि । तत्सङ्गोन्मथितज्ञानो वैक्लव्यं परमं ययौ ॥ १८ ॥
narada uvaca puranjanah sva-mahisim niriksyavadhutam bhuvi tat-sangonmathita-jnano vaiklavyam paramam yayau
- naradah uvaca
- the great sage Narada spoke
- puranjanah
- King Puranjana
- sva-mahisim
- his own Queen
- niriksya
- after seeing
- avadhutam
- appearing like a mendicant
- bhuvi
- on the ground
- tat
- her
- sanga
- by association
- unmathita
- encouraged
- jnanah
- whose knowledge
- vaiklavyam
- bewilderment
- paramam
- supreme
- yayau
- obtained.
The great sage Narada continued: My dear King Pracinabarhi, as soon as King Puranjana saw his Queen lying on the ground, appearing like a mendicant, he immediately became bewildered.