उत्थितास्ते निशम्याथ व्युदकं कलशं प्रभो । पप्रच्छु: कस्य कर्मेदं पीतं पुंसवनं जलम् ॥ २८ ॥
utthitas te nisamyatha vyudakam kalasam prabho papracchuh kasya karmedam pitam pumsavanam jalam
- utthitah
- after awakening
- te
- all of them
- nisamya
- seeing
- atha
- thereafter
- vyudakam
- empty
- kalasam
- the waterpot
- prabho
- O King Pariksit
- papracchuh
- inquired
- kasya
- whose
- karma
- act
- idam
- this
- pitam
- drunk
- pumsavanam
- which was to cause the birth of a child
- jalam
- water.
When the brahmanas got up from bed and saw the waterpot empty, they inquired who had done this work of drinking the water meant for begetting a child.