एक: सङ्कल्पित: पुत्र: सप्त सप्ताभवन् कथम् । यदि ते विदितं पुत्र सत्यं कथय मा मृषा ॥ ७० ॥
ekah sankalpitah putrah sapta saptabhavan katham yadi te viditam putra satyam kathaya ma mrsa
- ekah
- one
- sankalpitah
- was prayed for
- putrah
- son
- sapta sapta
- forty-nine
- abhavan
- came to be
- katham
- how
- yadi
- if
- te
- by you
- viditam
- known
- putra
- my dear son
- satyam
- the truth
- kathaya
- speak
- ma
- do not (speak)
- mrsa
- lies.
I prayed for only one son, but now I see that there are forty-nine. How has this happened? My dear son Indra, if you know, please tell me the truth. Do not try to speak lies.