श्रुत्वा गाथां देवयानी मेने प्रस्तोभमात्मन: । स्त्रीपुंसो: स्नेहवैक्लव्यात् परिहासमिवेरितम् ॥ २६ ॥
srutva gatham devayani mene prastobham atmanah stri-pumsoh sneha-vaiklavyat parihasam iveritam
- srutva
- hearing
- gatham
- the narration
- devayani
- Queen Devayani, the wife of Maharaja Yayati
- mene
- understood
- prastobham atmanah
- when instructed for her self-realization
- stri-pumsoh
- between the husband and wife
- sneha-vaiklavyat
- from an exchange of love and affection
- parihasam
- a funny joke or story
- iva
- like
- iritam
- spoken (by Maharaja Yayati).
When Devayani heard Maharaja Yayati’s story of the he-goat and she-goat, she understood that this story, which was presented as if a funny joke for entertainment between husband and wife, was intended to awaken her to her constitutional position.