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Devanagari

Devanagari

तां तीक्ष्णचित्तामतिवामचेष्टितां
वीक्ष्यान्तरा कोषपरिच्छदासिवत् ।
वरस्त्रियं तत्प्रभया च धर्षिते
निरीक्ष्यमाणे जननी ह्यतिष्ठताम् ॥ ९ ॥

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tāṁ tīkṣṇa-cittām ativāma-ceṣṭitāṁ
vīkṣyāntarā koṣa-paricchadāsivat
vara-striyaṁ tat-prabhayā ca dharṣite
nirīkṣyamāṇe jananī hy atiṣṭhatām
tāṁ tīkṣṇa-cittām ativāma-ceṣṭitāṁ
vīkṣyāntarā koṣa-paricchadāsivat
vara-striyaṁ tat-prabhayā ca dharṣite
nirīkṣyamāṇe jananī hy atiṣṭhatām

Synonyms

Palabra por palabra

tām — that (Pūtanā Rākṣasī); tīkṣṇa-cittām — having a very fierce heart for killing the child; ati-vāma-ceṣṭitām — although she was trying to treat the child better than a mother; vīkṣya antarā — seeing her within the room; koṣa-paricchada-asi-vat — like a sharp sword within a soft sheath; vara-striyam — the very beautiful woman; tat-prabhayā — by her influence; ca — also; dharṣite — being overwhelmed; nirīkṣyamāṇe — were seeing; jananī — the two mothers; hi — indeed; atiṣṭhatām — they remained silent, without prohibiting.

tām — a ella (a la rākṣasī Pūtanā); tīkṣṇa-cittām — con un corazón despiadado para matar al niño; ati-vāma-ceṣṭitām — aunque se esforzaba por tratar al niño mejor que una madre; vīkṣya antarā — al verla en la habitación; koṣa-paricchada-asi-vat — como una espada cortante en una funda suave; vara-striyam — a la muy hermosa mujer; tat-prabhayā — por su influencia; ca — también; dharṣite — cautivadas; nirīkṣyamāṇe — estaban viendo; jananī — las dos madres; hi — en verdad; atiṣṭhatām — guardaron silencio, sin prohibírselo.

Translation

Traducción

Pūtanā Rākṣasī’s heart was fierce and cruel, but she looked like a very affectionate mother. Thus she resembled a sharp sword in a soft sheath. Although seeing her within the room, Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, overwhelmed by her beauty, did not stop her, but remained silent because she treated the child like a mother.

La rākṣasī Pūtanā tenía un corazón cruel y despiadado, pero parecía una madre muy cariñosa. Así, era como una espada afilada dentro de una funda suave. Aunque vieron que entraba en la habitación, Yaśodā y Rohiṇī, cautivadas por su belleza, no la detuvieron, sino que, viendo que trataba al bebé como una madre, guardaron silencio.

Purport

Significado

Although Pūtanā was an outsider and although she personified fierce death because the determination within her heart was to kill the child, when she directly came and placed the child on her lap to offer the child her breast to suck, the mothers were so captivated by her beauty that they did not prohibit her. Sometimes a beautiful woman is dangerous because everyone, being captivated by external beauty (māyā-mohita), is unable to understand what is in her mind. Those who are captivated by the beauty of the external energy are called māyā-mohita. Mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam (Bg. 7.13). Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ (Bhāg. 7.5.31). Here, of course, the two mothers Rohiṇī and Yaśodā were not māyā-mohita, deluded by the external energy, but to develop the pastimes of the Lord, they were captivated by Yoga-māyā. Such māyā-moha is the action of Yoga-māyā.

Pūtanā era una extraña en la casa, y era la personificación de la muerte cruel, pues en su corazón estaba decidida a matar al niño; sin embargo, cuando entró y, sin mediar palabra, sentó al niño en su regazo para darle de mamar de su pecho, las madres de Kṛṣṇa quedaron tan cautivadas por su belleza que no se lo prohibieron. A veces, las mujeres hermosas son un peligro, pues todo el mundo, cautivado por su belleza externa (māyā-mohita), se ve incapaz de comprender sus intenciones. A quien se halla cautivado por la belleza de la energía externa se le denomina māyā-mohitaMohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam (Bg. 7.13). Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ (Bhāg. 7.5.31). Por supuesto, en este verso, Rohiṇī y Yaśodā, las dos madres, no eran māyā-mohita, no habían quedado confundidas por la energía externa, sino que fueron cautivadas por yoga-māyā para actuar según los pasatiempos del Señor. Esta māyā-moha es la acción de yoga-māyā.