Devanagari
यूयं च पित्रान्वादिष्टा देवदेवेन चानघा: ।
प्रजासर्गाय हि कथं वृक्षान्निर्दग्धुमर्हथ ॥ १० ॥
Verse text
yūyaṁ ca pitrānvādiṣṭā
deva-devena cānaghāḥ
prajā-sargāya hi kathaṁ
vṛkṣān nirdagdhum arhatha
Synonyms
yūyam
—
you
;
ca
—
also
;
pitrā
—
by your father
;
anvādiṣṭāḥ
—
ordered
;
deva
—
devena — by the Personality of Godhead, the master of the masters
;
ca
—
also
;
anaghāḥ
—
O sinless ones
;
prajā
—
sargāya — for generating the population
;
hi
—
indeed
;
katham
—
how
;
vṛkṣān
—
the trees
;
nirdagdhum
—
to burn to ashes
;
arhatha
—
are able .
Translation
O pure-hearted ones, your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O sinless ones! Your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Lord have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees?