भवस्तवाय कृतधीर्नाशक्नोदनुरागत: । औत्कण्ठ्याद्बाष्पकलया सम्परेतां सुतां स्मरन् ॥ ११ ॥
bhava-stavaya krta-dhir nasaknod anuragatah autkanthyad baspa-kalaya samparetam sutam smaran
- bhava-stavaya
- for praying to Lord Siva
- krta-dhih
- although decided
- na
- never
- asaknot
- was able
- anuragatah
- by feeling
- autkanthyat
- because of eagerness
- baspa-kalaya
- with tears in the eyes
- samparetam
- dead
- sutam
- daughter
- smaran
- remembering.
King Daksa wanted to offer prayers to Lord Siva, but as he remembered the ill-fated death of his daughter Sati, his eyes filled with tears, and in bereavement his voice choked up, and he could not say anything.