इत्यानीयाऽथ संपूज्य द्विजान्प्रपच्छ सा नता । अमरत्वं कथं विप्रा भवेदिति पुनः पुनः ॥ २३ ॥
ityānīyā’tha saṁpūjya dvijānprapaccha sā natā | amaratvaṁ kathaṁ viprā bhavēditi punaḥ punaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
So she brought the brahmins, honoured them, and, bowing, asked them again and again: "O wise ones, how might there be deathlessness?"
Word by word
- iti
- so
- ānīya
- brought
- atha
- then
- saṁpūjya
- honoured
- dvijān
- the brahmins
- prapaccha
- asked
- sā
- she
- natā
- bowing
- amaratvaṁ
- deathlessness
- kathaṁ
- how
- viprā
- (viprāḥ) O wise ones
- bhavēd
- (bhavet) might there be
- punaḥ
- again
Meaning
The commentary: thinking so, she summoned and worshipped the wise brahmins, and with great humility asked again and again how her husband might be immortal. "Again and again": the question is not idle.