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SB 10.89.35

Devanāgarī

प्रसूतिकाल आसन्ने भार्याया द्विजसत्तम: । पाहि पाहि प्रजां मृत्योरित्याहार्जुनमातुर: ॥ ३५ ॥

Text

prasūti-kāla āsanne bhāryāyā dvija-sattamaḥ pāhi pāhi prajāṁ mṛtyor ity āhārjunam āturaḥ

Synonyms

prasūti—of giving birth;kāle—the time;āsanne—being imminent;bhāryāyāḥ—of his wife;dvija—thebrāhmaṇa;sat-tamaḥ—most elevated;pāhi—please save;pāhi—please save;prajām—my child;mṛtyoḥ—from death;iti—thus;āha—he said;arjunam—to Arjuna;āturaḥ—distraught.

Translation

When the wife of the elevated brāhmaṇa was again about to give birth, he went to Arjuna in great anxiety and begged him, “Please, please protect my child from death!”

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