भर्तुः सिंहासनस्याऽस्य पार्श्वे तिष्ठाम्यहं यदि । पश्यामि सभ्यसङ्घातं तत्प्रजीवामि नाऽन्यथा ॥ ४४ ॥
bhartuḥ siṁhāsanasyā’sya pārśvē tiṣṭhāmyahaṁ yadi | paśyāmi sabhyasaṅghātaṁ tatprajīvāmi nā’nyathā || 44 ||
Translation
If I sit beside my husband's throne and see the gathering of courtiers, then I live; not otherwise."
Word by word
- bhartuḥ
- of my husband
- siṁhāsanasya
- the throne
- asya
- this
- pārśvē
- beside
- tiṣṭhāmi
- sit
- ahaṁ
- I
- yadi
- if
- paśyāmi
- see
- sabhya
- of courtiers
- saṅghātaṁ
- the gathering
- tat
- then
- prajīvāmi
- I live
- na
- not
- anyathā
- otherwise
Meaning
The commentary: if I sit near the king's throne and see the courtiers, I can live; otherwise know that I will die. She wants to compare the two courts.