दूतमिन्द्रस्य गच्छन्तमन्तरिक्षे ददर्श सा । तमुवाच महाभागा सुरुचिश्चाऽप्सरोवरा ॥ २१ ॥
dūtamindrasya gacchantamantarikṣē dadarśa sā | tamuvāca mahābhāgā suruciścā’psarōvarā || 21 ||
Translation
She saw a messenger of Indra passing through the sky, and noble Suruci, best of the apsarases, spoke to him.
Word by word
- dūtam
- a messenger
- indrasya
- of Indra
- gacchantam
- passing
- antarikṣē
- through the sky
- dadarśa
- saw
- sā
- she
- tam
- to him
- uvāca
- spoke
- mahābhāgā
- noble
- suruciḥ
- Suruci
- ca
- and
- apsarō
- (apsaras) of the apsarases
- varā
- best
Meaning
A messenger of Indra, king of the gods, will carry the story. In the frame of the work every teaching comes through a chain of hearers, and this is one more link.