560 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 14

TEXT 37

maitreya uvaca
sva-sargasyasisam lokyam
asasanam pravepatim
nivrtta-sandhya-niyamo
bharyam aha prajapatih
maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya said; sva-sargasya—of her own
children; dasisam—welfare; lokyam—in the world; dsdsanam—desiring;
pravepatim—while trembling; nivrtta—averted from; sandhyda-niyamah—
the rules and regulations of evening; bharyam—unto the wife; aha—said;
prajapatih—the progenitor.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Kasyapa thus addressed his wife, who was trembling
because of fear that her husband was offended. She understood that he
had been dissuaded from his daily duties of offering evening prayers, yet
she desired the welfare of her children in the world.

TEXT 38
RIT TNF

SITAR We rere |
Meee arai aAfAsarq 112i

kasyapa uvaca
aprayatyad atmanas te
dosan mauhurtikad uta
man-nidesaticarena
devanam catihelanat
kasyapah uvaca—the learned brahmana Kasyapa said; aprayatyat—
because of the pollution; dtmanah—of the mind; te—your; dosat—
because of defilement; mauhirtikat—in terms of the moment; uta—
also; mat—my ;nidesa—direction; aticarena—being too neglectful; devanam—
of the demigods; ca—also; atihelanat—being too apathetic.
