SB 9.14.29 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

यद्विश्रम्भादहं नष्टा हृतापत्या च दस्युभि: ।

य: शेते निशि सन्त्रस्तो यथा नारी दिवा पुमान् ॥ २९ ॥

Verse text

yad-viśrambhād ahaṁ naṣṭā

hṛtāpatyā ca dasyubhiḥ

yaḥ śete niśi santrasto

yathā nārī divā pumān

Synonyms

yat-viśrambhāt — because of depending upon whom ; aham — I (am) ; naṣṭā — lost ; hṛta-apatyā — bereft of my two sons, the lambs ; ca — also ; dasyubhiḥ — by the plunderers ; yaḥ — he who (my so-called husband) ; śete — lies down ; niśi — at night ; santrastaḥ — being afraid ; yathā — as ; nārī — a woman ; divā — during the daytime ; pumān — male.

Translation

“Because I depended on him, the plunderers have deprived me of my two sons the lambs, and therefore I am now lost. My husband lies down at night in fear, exactly like a woman, although he appears to be a man during the day.”

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Because I depended on him, the plunderers have deprived me of my two sons the lambs, and therefore I am now lost. My husband lies down at night in fear, exactly like a woman, although he appears to be a man during the day. As night he is afraid like a woman. He cannot get the sheep back from the thieves. By day only, he is a man.