सा सखीभिः परिवृता विचिन्वन्त्यङ्घ्रिपान् वने ।
वल्मीकरन्ध्रे ददृशे खद्योते इव ज्योतिषी ॥३॥

sÄ sakhÄ«bhiḥ parivá¹›tÄ
vicinvanty aá¹…ghripÄn vane
valmīka-randhre dadṛśe
khadyote iva jyotiṣī

  - that SukanyÄ; sakhÄ«bhiḥ - by her friends; parivá¹›tÄ - surrounded; vicinvantÄ« - collecting; aá¹…ghripÄn - fruits and flowers from the trees; vane - in the forest; valmÄ«ka-randhre - in the hole of an earthworm; dadṛśe - observed; khadyote - two luminaries; iva - like; jyotiṣī - two shining things.


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While that SukanyÄ, surrounded by her friends, was collecting various types of fruits from the trees in the forest, she saw within the hole of an earthworm two things glowing like luminaries.

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