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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 14]
TEXT 12
कुमारो मातरं प्राह कुपितोऽलीकलजया । किं न वचस्यसद्वृत्ते आत्मावद्यं वदाशु मे ॥१२॥
kumāro mātaram prāha kupito 'lika-lajjayā kim na vacasy asad-vṛtte ātmāvadyam vadāśu me
kumāraḥ—the child; mātaram—unto his mother; prāha—said; kupitaḥ—being very angry; alika—unnecessary; lajjayā—with shame; kim—why; na—not; vacasi—you say; asat-vṛtte—O unchaste woman; ātma-avadyam—the fault you have committed; vada—say; āśu—immediately; me—unto me.
TRANSLATION
The child then became very angry and demanded that his mother immediately tell the truth. “You unchaste woman,” he said, “what is the use of your unnecessary shame? Why do you not admit your fault? Immediately tell me about your faulty behavior.”
TEXT 13
ब्रह्मा तां रह आहूय समप्राक्षीच्च सान्त्वयन् । सोमस्येत्याह शनकैः सोमस्तं तावदग्रहीत् ॥१३॥
brahmā tām raha āhūya samaprākṣīc ca sāntvayan somasyety āha śanakaiḥ somas tam tāvad agrahīt
brahmā—Lord Brahmā; tām—unto her, Tārā; rahaḥ—in a secluded place; āhūya—putting her; samaprākṣīt—inquired in detail; ca—and; sāntvayan—pacifying; somasya—this son belongs to Soma, the moon-god; iti—thus; āha—she replied; śanakaiḥ—very slowly; somaḥ—Soma; tam—the child; tāvat—immediately; agrahīt—took charge of.