prasūti - of giving birth; kāle - the time; āsanne - being imminent; bhāryāyāḥ - of his wife; dvija - the brāhmaṇa; sat-tamaḥ - most elevated; pāhi - please save; pāhi - please save; prajām - my child; mṛtyoḥ - from death; iti - thus; āha - he said; arjunam - to Arjuna; āturaḥ - distraught.

When the wife of the elevated brāhmaṇa was again about to give birth, he went to Arjuna in great anxiety and begged him, “Please, please protect my child from death!”