Chapter 1
स पाशहस्तांस्त्रीन्दृष्ट्वा पुरुषानतिदारुणान् । वक्रतुण्डानूर्ध्वरोम्ण आत्मानं नेतुमागतान् ॥ २८ ॥ दूरे क्रीडनकासक्तं पुत्रं नारायणाह्वयम् । प्लावितेन स्वरेणोच्चैराजुहावाकुलेन्द्रिय: ॥ २९ ॥
Transliteration
sa pāśa-hastāṁs trīn dṛṣṭvā puruṣān ati-dāruṇān vakra-tuṇḍān ūrdhva-romṇa ātmānaṁ netum āgatāndūre krīḍanakāsaktaṁ putraṁ nārāyaṇāhvayam plāvitena svareṇoccair ājuhāvākulendriyaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
saḥ — that person (Ajāmila); pāśa-hastān — having ropes in their hands; trīn — three; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; puruṣān — persons; ati-dāruṇān — very fearful in their features; vakra-tuṇḍān — with twisted faces; ūrdhva-romṇaḥ — with hair standing on the body; ātmānam — the self; netum — to take away; āgatān — arrived; dūre — a short distance away; krīḍanaka-āsaktam — engaged in his play; putram — his child; nārāyaṇa-āhvayam — named Nārāyaṇa; plāvitena — with tearful eyes; svareṇa — with his voice; uccaiḥ — very loudly; ājuhāva — called; ākula-indriyaḥ — being full of anxiety.
Translation
“Ajāmila then saw three awkward persons with deformed bodily features, fierce, twisted faces, and hair standing erect on their bodies. With ropes in their hands, they had come to take him away to the abode of Yamarāja. When he saw them he was extremely bewildered, and because of attachment to his child, who was playing a short distance away, Ajāmila began to call him loudly by his name. Thus with tears in his eyes he somehow or other chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa.”