चित्रकेतुरुवाच प्रतिगृह्णामि ते शापमात्मनोऽञ्जलिनाम्बिके । देवैर्मर्त्याय यत्प्रोक्तं पूर्वदिष्टं हि तस्य तत् ॥ १७ ॥
citraketur uvaca pratigrhnami te sapam atmano ’njalinambike devair martyaya yat proktam purva-distam hi tasya tat
- citraketuh uvaca
- King Citraketu said
- pratigrhnami
- I accept
- te
- your
- sapam
- curse
- atmanah
- my own
- anjalina
- with folded bands
- ambike
- O mother
- devaih
- by the demigods
- martyaya
- unto a mortal
- yat
- which
- proktam
- prescribed
- purva-distam
- fixed previously according to one’s past deeds
- hi
- indeed
- tasya
- of him
- tat
- that.
Citraketu said: My dear mother, with my own hands folded together I accept the curse upon me. I do not mind the curse, for happiness and distress are given by the demigods as a result of one’s past deeds.