पुण्याश्रमलता साऽहं मुनिसङ्गपवित्रिता । वनाग्निदग्धा तस्यैव कन्याऽभूवं महामुनेः ॥ ४० ॥
puṇyāśramalatā sā’haṁ munisaṅgapavitritā | vanāgnidagdhā tasyaiva kanyā’bhūvaṁ mahāmunēḥ || 40 ||
Translation
As a creeper in a holy hermitage, purified by the company of sages, burnt in a forest fire, I became the daughter of that same great sage.
Word by word
- puṇya
- holy
- āśrama
- in a hermitage
- latā
- as a creeper
- sā
- that
- ahaṁ
- I
- muni
- of sages
- saṅga
- by the company
- pavitritā
- purified
- vana
- forest
- agni
- in a fire
- dagdhā
- burnt
- tasya
- of that
- ēva
- same
- kanyā
- the daughter
- abhūvaṁ
- I became
- mahā
- great
- munēḥ
- sage
Meaning
Even as a plant, nearness to the sages purified her, and she was reborn as a sage's daughter.