बालघ्न्यो व्रीडितास्तत्र बालहत्याहतप्रभाः । बालहत्याव्रतं चेरुर् ब्राह्मणैर्यन्निरूपितम् । यमुनायां महाराज स्मरन्त्यो द्विजभाषितम् ॥ १४ ॥
bala-ghnyo vriditas tatra
bala-hatya-hata-prabhah
bala-hatya-vratam cerur
brahmanair yan nirupitam
yamunayam maharaja
smarantyo dvija-bhasitam
bala-ghnyah-the killers of the child; vriditah-being very much ashamed; tatra-there; bala-hatya-because of killing the child; hata-having lost; prabhah-all bodily luster; bala-hatya-vratam-the atonement for killing the child; ceruh-executed; brahmanaih-by the priests; yat-which; nirupitam-described; yamunayam-at the River Yamuna; maha-raja-O King Pariksit; smarantyah-remembering; dvija-bhasitam-the statement given by the brahmana.