SB 9.6.41-42 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स विचिन्त्याप्रियं स्त्रीणां जरठोऽहमसन्मत: ।

वलीपलित एजत्क इत्यहं प्रत्युदाहृत: ॥ ४१ ॥

साधयिष्ये तथात्मानं सुरस्त्रीणामभीप्सितम् ।

किं पुनर्मनुजेन्द्राणामिति व्यवसित: प्रभु: ॥ ४२ ॥

Verse text

sa vicintyāpriyaṁ strīṇāṁ

jaraṭho ’ham asan-mataḥ

valī-palita ejat-ka

ity ahaṁ pratyudāhṛtaḥ

sādhayiṣye tathātmānaṁ

sura-strīṇām abhīpsitam

kiṁ punar manujendrāṇām

iti vyavasitaḥ prabhuḥ

Synonyms

saḥ — he, Saubhari Muni ; vicintya — thinking to himself ; apriyam — not liked ; strīṇām — by the women ; jaraṭhaḥ — being infirm because of old age ; aham — I ; asat-mataḥ — not desired by them ; valī — wrinkled ; palitaḥ — grey-haired ; ejat-kaḥ — with the head always trembling ; iti — in this way ; aham — I ; pratyudāhṛtaḥ — rejected (by them) ; sādhayiṣye — I shall act in such a way ; tathā — as ; ātmānam — my body ; sura-strīṇām — to the celestial women of the heavenly planets ; abhīpsitam — desirable ; kim — what to speak of ; punaḥ — yet ; manuja-indrāṇām — of the daughters of worldly kings ; iti — in this way ; vyavasitaḥ — determined ; prabhuḥ — Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic.

Translation

Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Saubhari thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is wrinkled, and my head always trembles. Therefore women do not like me. Thus I have been rejected. I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings. In this way the powerful Saubhari decided. My head trembles (ejatkaḥ). I have been refused (pratyudāhṛtaḥ) by the King. Then he decided (vyavasitaḥ) to change his body.