Chapter 12 · Dvādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Twelfth Chapter)
Verse 27
राज्ञा क्रुद्धेन चाज्ञप्तो वध्यो बन्धगतोऽपि वा। आघूर्णितो वा वातेन स्थितः पोते महार्णवे ॥ २७ ॥
rājñā kruddhēna cājñaptō vadhyō bandhagatō’pi vā | āghūrṇitō vā vātēna sthitaḥ pōtē mahārṇavē || 27 ||
Translation
Ordered to be killed by an angry king, imprisoned, or tossed by wind in a boat on the great ocean,
Word by word
- rājñā
- by a king
- kruddhena
- angry
- ca
- and
- ājñaptaḥ
- ordered
- vadhyo
- to be killed
- bandhagataḥ
- imprisoned
- api
- also
- vā
- or
- āghūrṇitaḥ
- tossed
- vātena
- by wind
- sthitaḥ
- situated
- pote
- in a boat
- mahārṇave
- in the great ocean
Meaning
The Goddess continues listing perilous situations—condemnation by a king, imprisonment, or being storm-tossed at sea—where her māhātmya offers safety.