चिकीर्षितं ते किमिदं पतिस्त्वया प्रलम्भितो लोकनमस्कृतो मुनि: । यत् त्वं जराग्रस्तमसत्यसम्मतं विहाय जारं भजसेऽमुमध्वगम् ॥ २० ॥
cikirsitam te kim idam patis tvaya pralambhito loka-namaskrto munih yat tvam jara-grastam asaty asammatam vihaya jaram bhajase ’mum adhvagam
- cikirsitam
- which you desire to do
- te
- of you
- kim idam
- what is this
- patih
- your husband
- tvaya
- by you
- pralambhitah
- has been cheated
- loka-namaskrtah
- who is honored by all people
- munih
- a great sage
- yat
- because
- tvam
- you
- jara-grastam
- very old and invalid
- asati
- O unchaste daughter
- asammatam
- not very attractive
- vihaya
- giving up
- jaram
- paramour
- bhajase
- you have accepted
- amum
- this man
- adhvagam
- comparable to a street beggar
O unchaste girl, what is this that you have desired to do? You have cheated the most respectable husband, who is honored by everyone, for I see that because he was old, diseased and therefore unattractive, you have left his company to accept as your husband this young man, who appears to be a beggar from the street.