ज्येष्ठशर्मादय ऊचुः देव्यावभवतां स्निग्धाविह ब्राह्मणदम्पती । सर्वातिथी कुलकरौ स्तम्भभूतौ द्विजस्थितेः ॥ २३ ॥
jyēṣṭhaśarmādaya ūcuḥ dēvyāvabhavatāṁ snigdhāviha brāhmaṇadampatī | sarvātithī kulakarau stambhabhūtau dvijasthitēḥ || 23 ||
Translation
Jyeṣṭhaśarman and the others said: Goddesses, here there lived a loving brahmin couple, hosts to every guest, founders of the family, pillars of the brahmin's way.
Word by word
- dēvyāv
- (devyau) goddesses
- abhavatāṁ
- there lived
- snigdhāv
- (snigdhau) a loving
- iha
- here
- brāhmaṇa
- brahmin
- dampatī
- couple
- sarva
- to every
- atithī
- hosts to guest
- kula
- of the family
- karau
- founders
- stambha
- pillars
- bhūtau
- being
- dvija
- of the brahmin's
- sthitēḥ
- way
Meaning
The son praises his parents as a model household: open to every guest, the root of the family, upholders of the brahmin's way. Līlā hears her own former life praised by her son, who does not know her.