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Chapter 3.219 - Verse 35

Sanskrit Text

इमे त्वष्टादशान्ये वै ग्रहा मांसमधुप्रियाः द्विपञ्चरात्रं तिष्ठन्ति सततं सूतिकागृहे

English Translation

Those who desire to have children bow down to her who seats on Karanja tree. Those eighteen evil spirits, fond of meat and wine and also other food of the same kind, live for ten days in the lyings in room. Kadru assuming a subtle form enters into the womb of a woman. And she there destroys the fetus. The mother is thus made to give birth to a Naga.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

इमे | तु + अष्टादशन् + अन्य | वै | ग्रहा | मांस + मधु + प्रिय
द्वि + पञ्चन् + रात्र | तिष्ठन्ति | सततं | सूतिका + गृह