त्रिरात्रशतमेवं सा बाला नियमशालिनी । अनारतं तपोनिष्ठामतिष्ठत् कष्टचेष्टया ॥ ३४ ॥
trirātraśatamēvaṁ sā bālā niyamaśālinī | anārataṁ tapōniṣṭhāmatiṣṭhat kaṣṭacēṣṭayā || 34 ||
Translation
So for a hundred three-night fasts that young woman, firm in her vows, held unceasingly to austerity, with hard effort.
Word by word
- trirātra
- three-night fasts
- śatam
- for a hundred
- ēvaṁ
- so
- sā
- that
- bālā
- young woman
- niyama
- in her vows
- śālinī
- firm
- anārataṁ
- unceasingly
- tapō
- (tapaḥ) to austerity
- niṣṭhām
- held
- atiṣṭhat
- she
- kaṣṭa
- hard
- cēṣṭayā
- with effort
Meaning
The commentary: so that devoted woman, keeping the rules, practised austerity with great hardship without a break, until a hundred three-night fasts were complete. Three hundred nights.