Chapter 6 · Ṣaṣṭho’dhyāyaḥ (Sixth Chapter)
Verse 9
न चेत्प्रीत्याद्य भवती मद्भर्तारमुपैष्यति। ततो बलान्नयाम्येष केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम् ॥ ९ ॥
na cētprītyādya bhavatī madbhartāramupaiṣyati | tatō balānnayāmyēṣa kēśākarṣaṇavihvalām || 9 ||
Translation
If you do not now accept my given order with pleasure, then I will take you by force, distressed by dragging you by the hair.
Word by word
- na
- if not
- cet
- if
- prītyā
- with pleasure
- adya
- now
- bhavatī
- you
- maddattaram
- my given (order)
- upecyati
- accept
- tataḥ
- then
- balāt
- by force
- syāmyeṣa
- I will take
- keśākarṣaṇavihalām
- distressed by dragging by the hair
Meaning
Dhūmralochana threatens to forcibly take Ambika, humiliated by being dragged by the hair, if she refuses to comply willingly.