Text 29]
King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
19
tathā tad-anugāḥ sarve ātma-liṅga-viparyayam dṛṣṭvā vimanaso 'bhūvan vikṣamāṇāḥ parasparam
tathā—similarly; tat-anugāḥ—the companions of Sudyumna; sarve—all of them; ātma-liṅga-viparyayam—the transformation of their sex into the opposite; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; vimanasaḥ—morose; abhūvan—they became; vikṣamāṇāḥ—looking over; parasparam—one another.
TRANSLATION
When his followers also saw their identities transformed and their sex reversed, they were all very morose and just looked at one another.
TEXT 28
श्रीराजोवाच
कथमेवं गुणो देशः केन वा भगवन् कृतः ।
प्रश्नमेनं समाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥२८॥
śrī-rājovāca
katham evaṁ guṇo deśaḥ
kena vā bhagavan kṛtaḥ
praśnam enaṁ samācakṣva
paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi naḥ
śrī-rājā uvāca—Mahārāja Parikṣit said; katham—how; evam—this; guṇaḥ—quality; deśaḥ—the country; kena—why; vā—either; bhagavan—O most powerful; kṛtaḥ—it was so done; praśnam—question; enam—this; samācakṣva—just deliberate; param—very much; kautūhalam—eagerness; hi—indeed; naḥ—our.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Parikṣit said: O most powerful brāhmaṇa, why was this place so empowered, and who made it so powerful? Kindly answer this question, for I am very eager to hear about this.