कृत्तो मे सप्तधा गर्भ आसन् सप्त कुमारका: । तेऽपि चैकैकशो वृक्णा: सप्तधा नापि मम्रिरे ॥ ७२ ॥
krtto me saptadha garbha asan sapta kumarakah te ’pi caikaikaso vrknah saptadha napi mamrire
- krttah
- cut
- me
- by me
- sapta-dha
- into seven
- garbhah
- the embryo
- asan
- there came to be
- sapta
- seven
- kumarakah
- babies
- te
- they
- api
- although
- ca
- also
- eka-ekasah
- each one
- vrknah
- cut
- sapta-dha
- into seven
- na
- not
- api
- still
- mamrire
- died.
First I cut the child in the womb into seven pieces, which became seven children. Then I cut each of the children into seven pieces again. By the grace of the Supreme Lord, however, none of them died.