Text 25] The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta 65

TEXT 24

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iti khara-pavana-cakra-pamsu-varse
suta-padavim abalavilaksya mata
atikarunam anusmaranty asocad
bhuvi patita mrta-vatsaka yatha gauh

iti—thus; khara—very strong; pavana-cakra—by a whirlwind;
parsu-varse —when there were showers of dust and small dust particles;
suta-padavim—the place of her son; abala—the innocent woman;
avilaksya—not seeing; mdtad—because of being His mother; ati-
karunam—very pitifully; anusmaranti—she was thinking of her son;
asocat—lamented extraordinarily; bhuvi—on the ground; patita—fell
down; mrta-vatsaka—who has lost her calf; yatha—like; gauh—a cow.

TRANSLATION

Because of the dust storm stirred up by the strong whirlwind,
mother Yasoda could find no trace of her son, nor could she
understand why. Thus she fell down on the ground like a cow who
has lost her calf and began to lament very pitifully.

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