तावत् सत्यवती मात्रा स्वचरुं याचिता सती । श्रेष्ठं मत्वा तयायच्छन्मात्रे मातुरदत् स्वयम् ॥ ९ ॥
tavat satyavati matra sva-carum yacita sati srestham matva tayayacchan matre matur adat svayam
- tavat
- in the meantime
- satyavati
- Satyavati, the wife of Rcika
- matra
- by her mother
- sva-carum
- the oblation meant for herself (Satyavati)
- yacita
- asked to give
- sati
- being
- srestham
- better
- matva
- thinking
- taya
- by her
- ayacchat
- delivered
- matre
- to her mother
- matuh
- of the mother
- adat
- ate
- svayam
- personally.
Meanwhile, because Satyavati’s mother thought that the oblation prepared for her daughter, Rcika’s wife, must be better, she asked her daughter for that oblation. Satyavati therefore gave her own oblation to her mother and ate her mother’s oblation herself.