Devanagari
तमेव प्रेष्ठतमया रममाणमजान्यया ।
विलोक्य कूपसंविग्ना नामृष्यद् बस्तकर्म तत् ॥ ७ ॥
Verse text
tam eva preṣṭhatamayā
ramamāṇam ajānyayā
vilokya kūpa-saṁvignā
nāmṛṣyad basta-karma tat
Synonyms
tam
—
the he-goat
;
eva
—
indeed
;
preṣṭhatamayā
—
beloved
;
ramamāṇam
—
engaged in sexual activities
;
ajā
—
the she-goat
;
anyayā
—
with another she-goat
;
vilokya
—
by seeing
;
kūpa
—
saṁvignā — the she-goat who had fallen into the well
;
na
—
not
;
amṛṣyat
—
tolerated
;
basta
—
karma — the business of the goat
;
tat
—
that (sex is accepted here as the business of the goat) .
Translation
When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat’s activities.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When the she-goat who had fallen into the well saw her beloved goat engaged in sexual affairs with another she-goat, she could not tolerate the goat's activities.
Ajānyayā means “another goat.” This is an irregular formation of a compound. The goat who had fallen in the well refers to Devayānī.