pati-vratÄ patiá¹ prÄha
mlÄyatÄ vadanena sÄ
daridraá¹ sÄ«damÄnÄ vai
vepamÄnÄbhigamya ca
pati-vratÄ - faithful to her husband; patim - to her husband; prÄha - she said; mlÄyatÄ - drying up; vadanena - with her face; sÄ - she; daridram - poor; sÄ«damÄnÄ - distressed; vai - indeed; vepamÄnÄ - trembling; abhigamya - approaching; ca - and.
The chaste wife of the poverty-stricken brÄhmaṇa once approached him, her face dried up because of her distress. Trembling with fear, she spoke as follows.
According to ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ«, the chaste lady was especially unhappy because she could not obtain food to feed her husband. Further, she was fearful to approach her husband because she knew that he did not want to beg for anything other than devotion to the Supreme Lord.
