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
MTSTATA
BURT TO ST: FA A AAT BA |
mart TAIT HES AE A RCI
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.
