यदा न जगृहे राजा भार्यापुत्रावनिन्दितौ । शृण्वतां सर्वभूतानां खे वागाहाशरीरिणी ॥ २० ॥
yada na jagrhe raja bharya-putrav aninditau srnvatam sarva-bhutanam khe vag ahasaririni
- yada
- when
- na
- not
- jagrhe
- accepted
- raja
- the King (Dusmanta)
- bharya-putrau
- his real son and real wife
- aninditau
- not abominable, not accused by anyone
- srnvatam
- while hearing
- sarva-bhutanam
- all the people
- khe
- in the sky
- vak
- a sound vibration
- aha
- declared
- asaririni
- without a body.
When the King refused to accept his wife and son, who were both irreproachable, an unembodied voice spoke from the sky as an omen and was heard by everyone present.