बालघ्न्यो व्रीडितास्तत्र बालहत्याहतप्रभा: । बालहत्याव्रतं चेरुर्ब्राह्मणैर्यन्निरूपितम् । यमुनायां महाराज स्मरन्त्यो द्विजभाषितम् ॥ १४ ॥
bala-ghnyo vriditas tatra bala-hatya-hata-prabhah bala-hatya-vratam cerur brahmanair yan nirupitam yamunayam maharaja smarantyo dvija-bhasitam
- bala-ghnyah
- the killers of the child
- vriditah
- being very much ashamed
- tatra
- there
- bala-hatya
- because of killing the child
- hata
- having lost
- prabhah
- all bodily luster
- bala-hatya-vratam
- the atonement for killing the child
- ceruh
- executed
- brahmanaih
- by the priests
- yat
- which
- nirupitam
- described
- yamunayam
- at the river Yamuna
- maha-raja
- O King Pariksit
- smarantyah
- remembering
- dvija-bhasitam
- the statement given by the brahmana.
Queen Krtyadyuti’s co-wives, who had poisoned the child, were very much ashamed, and they lost all their bodily luster. While lamenting, O King, they remembered the instructions of Angira and gave up their ambition to bear children. Following the directions of the brahmanas, they went to the bank of the Yamuna, where they bathed and atoned for their sinful activities.