Devanagari
एकदा कृतमालायां कुर्वतो जलतर्पणम् ।
तस्याञ्जल्युदके काचिच्छफर्येकाभ्यपद्यत ॥ १२ ॥
Verse text
ekadā kṛtamālāyāṁ
kurvato jala-tarpaṇam
tasyāṣjaly-udake kācic
chaphary ekābhyapadyata
Synonyms
ekadā
—
one day
;
kṛtamālāyām
—
on the bank of the Kṛtamālā River
;
kurvataḥ
—
executing
;
jala
—
tarpaṇam — the offering of oblations of water
;
tasya
—
his
;
aṣjali
—
palmful
;
udake
—
in the water
;
kācit
—
some
;
śapharī
—
a small fish
;
ekā
—
one
;
abhyapadyata
—
was generated .
Translation
One day while King Satyavrata was performing austerities by offering water on the bank of the river Kṛtamālā, a small fish appeared in the water in his palms.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
One day while King Satyavrata was offering tarpaṇa in the River Kṛtamālā, a small fish appeared in the water that he held in his palms.