62
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 3]
TRANSLATION
Being very much afraid, the girl Sukanyā said to her father: I have done something wrong, for I have ignorantly pierced these two luminous substances with a thorn.
TEXT 8
दुहितुस्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा शर्यातिजातसाध्वसः । मुनिं प्रसादयामास वल्मीकान्तर्हितं शनैः ॥ ८ ॥
duhitus tad vacah śrutvā śaryātir jāta-sādhvasah munim prasādayām āsa valmīkāntarhitam śanaiḥ
duhituḥ —of his daughter;  tat vacah —that statement;  śrutvā —after hearing;  śaryātiḥ —King Śaryāti;  jāta-sādhvasah —becoming afraid;  munim —unto Cyavana Muni;  prasādayām āsa —tried to appease;  valmīka-antarhitam —who was sitting within the hole of the earthworm;  śanaiḥ —gradually.
TRANSLATION
After hearing this statement by his daughter, King Śaryāti was very much afraid. In various ways, he tried to appease Cyavana Muni, for it was he who sat within the hole of the earthworm.
TEXT 9
तदभिप्रायमाज्ञाय प्रादाद् दुहितरं मुनेः । कृच्छ्रान्मुक्तस्तमामन्भ्य पुरं प्रायात् समाहितः ॥ ९ ॥
tad-abhiprāyam ājñāya prādād duhitaram muneḥ kṛcchrān muktas tam āmantrya puram prāyāt samāhitaḥ
tat —of Cyavana Muni;  abhiprāyam —the purpose;  ājñāya —under-standing;  prādāt —delivered;  duhitaram —his daughter;  muneḥ —unto