SB 9.20.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

कण्वः कुमारस्य वने चक्रे समुचिताः क्रियाः ।
बद्ध्वा मृगेन्द्रं तरसा क्रीडति स्म स बालकः ॥ १८ ॥

kanvah kumarasya vane

cakre samucitah kriyah

baddhva mrgendram tarasa

kridati sma sa balakah

kanvah-Kanva Muni; kumarasya-of the son born of Sakuntala; vane-in the forest; cakre-executed; samucitah-prescribed; kriyah-ritualistic ceremonies; baddhva-capturing; mrga-indram-a lion; tarasa-by force; kridati-playing; sma-in the past; sah-he; balakah-the child.

TRANSLATION

In the forest, Kanva Muni performed all the ritualistic ceremonies concerning the newborn child. Later, the boy became so powerful that he would capture a lion and play with it.

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