प्रबोधयति माविज्ञं व्युषिते शोककर्शिता । वर्त्मैतद् गृहमेधीयं वीरसूरपि नेष्यति ॥ २० ॥
prabodhayati mavijnam vyusite soka-karsita vartmaitad grha-medhiyam vira-sur api nesyati
- prabodhayati
- gives good counsel
- ma
- unto me
- avijnam
- foolish
- vyusite
- at the time of my being away
- soka
- by aggrievement
- karsita
- being aggrieved and thus dried up
- vartma
- path
- etat
- this
- grha-medhiyam
- of household responsibilities
- vira-suh
- the mother of great heroes
- api
- although
- nesyati
- will she be able to execute.
King Puranjana continued thinking how, when he was in a state of bewilderment, his wife would give him good counsel and how she would become aggrieved when he was away from home. Although she was the mother of so many sons and heroes, the King still feared that she would not be able to maintain the responsibility of household affairs.