ते दैवचोदिता बाला ज्योतिषी कण्टकेन वै । अविध्यन्मुग्धभावेन सुस्रावासृक् ततो बहि: ॥ ४ ॥
te daiva-codita bala jyotisi kantakena vai avidhyan mugdha-bhavena susravasrk tato bahih
- te
- those two
- daiva-codita
- as if impelled by providence
- bala
- that young daughter
- jyotisi
- two glowworms within the hole of the earthworm
- kantakena
- with a thorn
- vai
- indeed
- avidhyat
- pierced
- mugdha-bhavena
- as if without knowledge
- susrava
- came out
- asrk
- blood
- tatah
- from there
- bahih
- outside.
As if induced by providence, the girl ignorantly pierced those two glowworms with a thorn, and when they were pierced, blood began to ooze out of them.