अथ प्रसादये न त्वां शापमोक्षाय भामिनि । यन्मन्यसे ह्यसाधूक्तं मम तत्क्षम्यतां सति ॥ २४ ॥
atha prasadaye na tvam sapa-moksaya bhamini yan manyase hy asadhuktam mama tat ksamyatam sati
- atha
- therefore
- prasadaye
- I am trying to please
- na
- not
- tvam
- you
- sapa-moksaya
- for being released from your curse
- bhamini
- O most angry one
- yat
- which
- manyase
- you consider
- hi
- indeed
- asadhu-uktam
- improper speech
- mama
- my
- tat
- that
- ksamyatam
- let it be excused
- sati
- O most chaste one.
O mother, you are now unnecessarily angry, but since all my happiness and distress are destined by my past activities, I do not plead to be excused or relieved from your curse. Although what I have said is not wrong, please let whatever you think is wrong be pardoned.