नमोऽस्तु वनदेवीभ्यामित्युक्त्वा कुसुमाञ्जलिम् । तत्याज ज्येष्ठशर्माऽथ सार्द्धं गृहजनेन सः ॥ १८ ॥
namō’stu vanadēvībhyāmityuktvā kusumāñjalim | tatyāja jyēṣṭhaśarmā’tha sārddhaṁ gṛhajanēna saḥ || 18 ||
Translation
Then Jyeṣṭhaśarman, with the people of the house, said "Homage to the two goddesses of the forest!" and cast a handful of flowers.
Word by word
- namō
- (namaḥ) homage
- astu
- to
- vana
- of the forest
- dēvībhyām
- to the two goddesses
- itya
- (iti) thus
- uktvā
- said
- kusuma
- of flowers
- añjalim
- a handful
- tatyāja
- cast
- jyēṣṭhaśarmā
- Jyeṣṭhaśarman
- atha
- then
- sārddhaṁ
- with
- gṛha
- of the house
- janēna
- the people
- saḥ
- he
Meaning
Jyeṣṭhaśarman is the eldest son of the brahmin couple, Līlā's son in her former life. He takes the two for forest goddesses.