62 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 3

TRANSLATION

Being very much afraid, the girl Sukanya said to her father: I
have done something wrong, for I have ignorantly pierced these
two luminous substances with a thorn.

TEXT 8

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duhitus tad vacah Srutva
Saryatir jata-sadhvasah

munim prasaddaydm dasa
valmikantarhitam sanaih

duhituh—of his daughter; tat vacah—that statement; srutvd—after
hearing; Saryatih—King Saryati; jata-sadhvasah—becoming afraid;
munim—unto Cyavana Muni; prasaddayédm dsa—tried to appease;
valmika-antarhitam—who was sitting within the hole of the earthworm;
Sanaih—gradually.

TRANSLATION

After hearing this statement by his daughter, King Saryati was
very much afraid. In various ways, he tried to appease Cyavana
Muni, for it was he who sat within the hole of the earthworm.

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PMYRAMM AT FE ATA Ate: ll & I

tad-abhiprayam ajndya
pradad duhitaram muneh

krechran muktas tam amantrya
puram prayat samahitah

tat—of Cyavana Muni; abhipraéyam—the purpose; ajidya—under-
standing; pradat—delivered; duhitaram—his daughter; muneh—unto
