तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान् ब्रह्मा प्रहस्य तमुवाच ह । अहो राजन् निरुद्धास्ते कालेन हृदि ये कृता: ॥ ३१ ॥
tac chrutva bhagavan brahma prahasya tam uvaca ha aho rajan niruddhas te kalena hrdi ye krtah
- tat
- that
- srutva
- hearing
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- brahma
- Lord Brahma
- prahasya
- after laughing
- tam
- unto King Kakudmi
- uvaca ha
- said
- aho
- alas
- rajan
- O King
- niruddhah
- all gone
- te
- all of them
- kalena
- by the course of time
- hrdi
- within the core of the heart
- ye
- all of them
- krtah
- who have been decided upon for acceptance as your son-in-law.
After hearing his words, Lord Brahma, who is most powerful, laughed loudly and said to Kakudmi: O King, all those whom you may have decided within the core of your heart to accept as your son-in-law have passed away in the course of time.