CC Madhya 15.252
TEXT 252
śuni’ ṣāṭhīra mātā śire-buke ghāta māre
‘ṣāṭhī rāṇḍī ha-uka’—ihā bale bāre bāre
SYNONYMS
śuni’—hearing; ṣāṭhīra mātā—the mother of Ṣāṭhī; śire—on the head; buke—on the chest; ghāta māre—strikes; ṣāṭhī rāṇḍī ha-uka—let Ṣāṭhī become a widow; ihā bale—says this; bāre bāre—again and again.
TRANSLATION
When Ṣāṭhī’s mother, the Bhaṭṭācārya’s wife, heard of this incident, she immediately began to strike her head and chest, saying again and again, “Let Ṣāṭhī become a widow!”