60 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 3

te daiva-codita bala
Jyotisi kantakena vai
avidhyan mugdha-bhavena
susravdsrk tato bahih

te—those two; daiva-codita—as if impelled by providence; bala—
that young daughter; jyotisi—two glowworms within the hole of the
earthworm; kantakena—with a thorn; vai—indeed; avidhyat—pierced;
mugdha-bhavena—as if without knowledge; susrdva —came out; asrk—
blood; tatah—from there; bahih—outside.

TRANSLATION

As if induced by providence, the girl ignorantly pierced those
two glowworms with a thorn, and when they were pierced, blood
began to ooze out of them.

TEXT 5

THM ATTA Ararat a TAT |
Tatiagness ger ffeatsaty | 4 I

Sakrn-miitra-nirodho *bhit
sainikanam ca tat-ksanat
rdjarsis tam updlaksya

purusdn vismito ’bravit

Sakrt—of stool; mitra—and of urine; nirodhah—stoppage; abhit—
so became; sainikaném—of all the soldiers; ca—and; tat-ksandt—im-
mediately; rajarsih—the King; tam updlaksya—seeing the incident;
purusdn—to his men; vismitah—being surprised; abravit—began to
speak.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon, all the soldiers of Saryati were immediately
obstructed from passing urine and stool. Upon perceiving this,
Saryati spoke to his associates in surprise.
