Canto 9, Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Verse 12 (SB 9.3.12)
SB 9.3.12 • मूल श्लोक

ग्रहं ग्रहीष्ये सोमस्य यज्ञे वामप्यसोमपो: । क्रियतां मे वयो रूपं प्रमदानां यदीप्सितम् ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

grahaṁ grahīṣye somasya yajñe vām apy asoma-poḥ kriyatāṁ me vayo-rūpaṁ pramadānāṁ yad īpsitam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

graham — a full pot; grahīṣye — I shall give; somasya — of soma-rasa; yajñe — in sacrifice; vām — of both of you; api — although; asoma-poḥ — of you two, who are not eligible to drink soma-rasa; kriyatām — just execute; me — my; vayaḥ — young age; rūpam — beauty of a young man; pramadānām — of women as a class; yat — which is; īpsitam — desirable.

Translation

“Cyavana Muni said: Although you are ineligible to drink soma-rasa in sacrifices, I promise to give you a full pot of it. Kindly arrange beauty and youth for me, because they are attractive to young women.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda