अस्त्रीत्वफलदातॄणां कर्मणां परिणामतः । राजाऽहमभवं श्रीमान् सुराष्ट्रेषु समाः शतम् ॥ ४१ ॥
astrītvaphaladātṝṇāṁ karmaṇāṁ pariṇāmataḥ | rājā’hamabhavaṁ śrīmān surāṣṭrēṣu samāḥ śatam || 41 ||
Translation
As the ripening of deeds that give the fruit of not being a woman, I became a glorious king in Surāṣṭra for a hundred years.
Word by word
- astrītva
- of not being a woman
- phala
- the fruit
- dātṝṇāṁ
- that give
- karmaṇāṁ
- of deeds
- pariṇāmataḥ
- as the ripening
- rājā
- a king
- aham
- I
- abhavaṁ
- became
- śrīmān
- glorious
- surāṣṭrēṣu
- in Surāṣṭra
- samāḥ
- years
- śatam
- for a hundred
Meaning
Surāṣṭra is the region of Gujarat. Births cross sex as freely as species.