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Chapter 1.68 - Verse 69

Sanskrit Text

सा मां हिमवतः पृष्ठे सुषुवे मेनकाप्सराः अवकीर्य मां याता परात्मजमिवासती

English Translation

The Apsara Menaka gave me birth in a valley of the Himalayas. Devoid of affections, she went away, leaving me there, as if I was a child of some others.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

सा | मां | हिमवतः | पृष्ठे | सुषुवे | मेनका + अप्सरस्
अवकीर्य | च | मां | याता | पर + आत्मज | इव + असती