ज्येष्ठशर्मादय ऊचुः जयतं वनदेव्यौ नो दुःखनाशार्थमागते । प्रायः परपरित्राणमेव कर्म निजं सताम् ॥ २० ॥
jyēṣṭhaśarmādaya ūcuḥ jayataṁ vanadēvyau nō duḥkhanāśārthamāgatē | prāyaḥ paraparitrāṇamēva karma nijaṁ satām || 20 ||
Translation
Jyeṣṭhaśarman and the others said: Victory to you, goddesses of the forest, who have come to end our sorrow! For to save others is the very work of the good.
Word by word
- jayataṁ
- victory to you
- vana
- of the forest
- dēvyau
- goddesses
- nō
- (naḥ) our
- duḥkha
- sorrow
- nāśa
- to end
- artham
- in order
- āgatē
- who have come
- prāyaḥ
- for
- para
- others
- paritrāṇam
- to save
- ēva
- very
- karma
- the work
- nijaṁ
- own
- satām
- of the good
Meaning
The family's faith is simple and right: those who come in such a form must have come to help.