Canto 9, Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Verse 18 (SB 9.18.18)
SB 9.18.18 • मूल श्लोक

तस्यां गतायां स्वगृहं ययातिर्मृगयां चरन् । प्राप्तो यद‍ृच्छया कूपे जलार्थी तां ददर्श ह ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

tasyāṁ gatāyāṁ sva-gṛhaṁ yayātir mṛgayāṁ caran prāpto yadṛcchayā kūpe jalārthī tāṁ dadarśa ha

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tasyām — when she; gatāyām — went; sva-gṛham — to her home; yayātiḥ — King Yayāti; mṛgayām — hunting; caran — wandering; prāptaḥ — arrived; yadṛcchayā — by chance; kūpe — in the well; jala-arthī — desiring to drink water; tām — her (Devayānī); dadarśa — saw; ha — indeed.

Translation

“After throwing Devayānī into the well, Śarmiṣṭhā went home. Meanwhile, King Yayāti, while engaged in a hunting excursion, went to the well to drink water and by chance saw Devayānī.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda