गगनान्न्यपतत् सद्य: सविमानो ह्यवाक् शिरा: । स वालिखिल्यवचनादस्थीन्यादाय विस्मित: । प्रास्य प्राचीसरस्वत्यां स्नात्वा धाम स्वमन्वगात् ॥ ४० ॥
gaganan nyapatat sadyah savimano hy avak-sirah sa valikhilya-vacanad asthiny adaya vismitah prasya praci-sarasvatyam snatva dhama svam anvagat
- gaganat
- from the sky
- nyapatat
- fell
- sadyah
- suddenly
- sa-vimanah
- with his airplane
- hi
- certainly
- avak-sirah
- with his head downward
- sah
- he
- valikhilya
- of the great sages named the Valikhilyas
- vacanat
- by the instructions
- asthini
- all the bones
- adaya
- taking
- vismitah
- struck with wonder
- prasya
- throwing
- praci-sarasvatyam
- in the river Sarasvati, which flows to the east
- snatva
- bathing in that river
- dhama
- to the abode
- svam
- his own
- anvagat
- returned
Suddenly Citraratha was forced to fall from the sky headfirst with his airplane. Struck with wonder, he was ordered by the great sages named the Valikhilyas to throw the brahmana’s bones in the nearby River Sarasvati. He had to do this and bathe in the river before returning to his own abode.