Text 29] King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman 19

tathé tad-anugah sarve
atma-liniga-viparyayam

drstvad vimanaso ’bhivan
viksamanah parasparam

tatha—similarly; tat-anugah—the companions of Sudyumna;
sarve—all of them; dtma-lirga-viparyayam—the transformation of
their sex into the opposite; drstud—seeing; vimanasah—morose;
abhiivan—they became; viksamanah—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

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HURT WOT SI: Ha Al ATI HA! |
watt AMET Te Flee FE as URI

Sri-rdjovdca
katham evam guno desah
kena va bhagavan krtah
prasnam enam samacaksva

param kautihalam hi nah

Sri-raja uvéca—Maharaja Pariksit said; katham—how; evam—this;
gunah—quality; desah—the country; kena—why; vd—either;
bhagavan—O most powerful; krtah—it was so done; prasnam—ques-
tion; enam—this; samacaksva—just deliberate; param—very much;
kautihalam—eagerness; hi—indeed; nah—our.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit said: O most powerful brahmana, 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.
