Devanagari
क्षणार्धमन्युर्भगवान् शिष्यं व्याचष्ट भार्गव: ।
कामोऽस्या: क्रियतां राजन् नैनां त्यक्तुमिहोत्सहे ॥ २७ ॥
Verse text
kṣaṇārdha-manyur bhagavān
śiṣyaṁ vyācaṣṭa bhārgavaḥ
kāmo ’syāḥ kriyatāṁ rājan
naināṁ tyaktum ihotsahe
Synonyms
kṣaṇa
—
ardha — lasting only a few moments
;
manyuḥ
—
whose anger
;
bhagavān
—
the most powerful
;
śiṣyam
—
unto his disciple, Vṛṣaparvā
;
vyācaṣṭa
—
said
;
bhārgavaḥ
—
Śukrācārya, the descendant of Bhṛgu
;
kāmaḥ
—
the desire
;
asyāḥ
—
of this Devayānī
;
kriyatām
—
please fulfill
;
rājan
—
O King
;
na
—
not
;
enām
—
this girl
;
tyaktum
—
to give up
;
iha
—
in this world
;
utsahe
—
I am able .
Translation
The powerful Śukrācārya was angry for a few moments, but upon being satisfied he said to Vṛṣaparvā: My dear King, kindly fulfill the desire of Devayānī, for she is my daughter and in this world I cannot give her up or neglect her.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The powerful Śukrācārya was angry for a few moments, but then said to Vṛṣaparvā, “O King! Fulfill the desire of Devayānī. I cannot give her up in this world.”
Purport
Sometimes a great personality like Śukrācārya cannot neglect sons and daughters, for sons and daughters are by nature dependent on their father and the father has affection for them. Although Śukrācārya knew that the quarrel between Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā was childish, as Devayānī’s father he had to side with his daughter. He did not like to do this, but he was obliged to because of affection. He plainly admitted that although he should not have asked the King for mercy for his daughter, because of affection he could not avoid doing so.