अथो भजस्व मां भद्र भजन्तीं मे दयां कुरु । एतावान् पौरुषो धर्मो यदार्ताननुकम्पते ॥ २६ ॥
atho bhajasva mam bhadra bhajantim me dayam kuru etavan pauruso dharmo yad artan anukampate
- atho
- therefore
- bhajasva
- accept
- mam
- me
- bhadra
- O gentle one
- bhajantim
- willing to serve
- me
- to me
- dayam
- mercy
- kuru
- do
- etavan
- such a measure
- paurusah
- for any gentleman
- dharmah
- religious principle
- yat
- that
- artan
- to the distressed
- anukampate
- is compassionate.
Kalakanya continued: O gentle one, I am now present before you to serve you. Please accept me and thus show me mercy. It is a gentleman’s greatest duty to be compassionate upon a person who is distressed.