कुमारो मातरं प्राह कुपितोऽलीकलज्जया । किं न वचस्यसद् वृत्ते आत्मावद्यं वदाशु मे ॥ १२ ॥
kumaro mataram praha kupito ’lika-lajjaya kim na vacasy asad-vrtte atmavadyam vadasu me
- kumarah
- the child
- mataram
- unto his mother
- praha
- said
- kupitah
- being very angry
- alika
- unnecessary
- lajjaya
- with shame
- kim
- why
- na
- not
- vacasi
- you say
- asat-vrtte
- O unchaste woman
- atma-avadyam
- the fault you have committed
- vada
- say
- asu
- immediately
- me
- unto me.
The child then became very angry and demanded that his mother immediately tell the truth.