सर्वो गृहजनः सोऽथ तयोर्देव्योर्विलोकनात् । लक्ष्मीवान् दुःखनिर्मुक्तो बभूवाऽमृतपो यथा ॥ ४२ ॥
sarvō gṛhajanaḥ sō’tha tayōrdēvyōrvilōkanāt | lakṣmīvān duḥkhanirmuktō babhūvā’mṛtapō yathā || 42 ||
Translation
And the whole household, from seeing the two goddesses, was freed of sorrow and filled with splendour, like one who drinks nectar.
Word by word
- sarvō
- (sarvaḥ) the whole
- gṛha
- house
- janaḥ
- hold
- sō
- (saḥ) that
- atha
- and
- tayōr
- (tayoḥ) the two
- dēvyōr
- (devyoḥ) goddesses
- vilōkanāt
- from seeing
- lakṣmīvān
- filled with splendour
- duḥkha
- of sorrow
- nirmuktō
- (nirmuktaḥ) freed
- babhūva
- was
- amṛta
- nectar
- pō
- (paḥ) who drinks
- yathā
- like
Meaning
Not only the son but the whole house is freed of grief at the sight of the two. Nectar is the drink of immortality: those who were near death with sorrow are restored to life.