SB 9.21.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

पानीयमात्रमुच्छेषं तच्चैकपरितर्पणम् ।
पास्यतः पुल्कसो ऽभ्यागाद् अपो देह्यशुभाय मे ॥ १० ॥

paniya-matram ucchesam

tac caika-paritarpanam

pasyataḥ pulkaso 'bhyagad

apo dehy asubhaya me

paniya-matram-only the drinking water; ucchesam-what remained of the food; tat ca-that also; eka-for one; paritarpanam-satisfying; pasyataḥ-when the King was about to drink; pulkasaḥ-a canḍala; abhyagat-came there; apaḥ-water; dehi-please give; asubhaya-although I am a lowborn canḍala; me-to me.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, only the drinking water remained, and there was only enough to satisfy one person, but when the King was just about to drink it, a canḍala appeared and said, "O King, although I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water."

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