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ŚB 9.1.26

Devanagari

तस्मिन् प्रविष्ट एवासौ सुद्युम्न: परवीरहा ।
अपश्यत् स्रियमात्मानमश्वं च वडवां नृप ॥ २६ ॥

Text

tasmin praviṣṭa evāsau
sudyumnaḥ para-vīra-hā
apaśyat striyam ātmānam
aśvaṁ ca vaḍavāṁ nṛpa

Synonyms

tasmin — in that forest; praviṣṭaḥ — having entered; eva — indeed; asau — he; sudyumnaḥ — Prince Sudyumna; para-vīra- — who could very well subdue his enemies; apaśyat — observed; striyam — female; ātmānam — himself; aśvam ca — and his horse; vaḍavām — a mare; nṛpa — O King Parīkṣit.

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, as soon as Sudyumna, who was expert in subduing enemies, entered the forest, he saw himself transformed into a female and his horse transformed into a mare.