yasya nirhrāditenāńga

niṣṭhureṇa gavāḿ nṛṇām

patanty akālato garbhāḥ

sravanti sma bhayena vai

nirviśanti ghanā yasya

kakudy acala-śańkayā

taḿ tīkṣṇa-śṛńgam udvīkṣya

gopyo gopāś ca tatrasuḥ

yasya -- whose; nirhraditena -- by the reverberating sound; anga -- my dear King (Parikshit); nishthurena -- rough; gavam -- of cows; nrinam -- of humans; patanti -- fall; akalatah -- untimely; garbhah -- the embryos; sravanti sma -- are miscarried; bhayena -- out of fear; vai -- indeed; nirvisanti -- enter; ghanah -- clouds; yasya -- whose; kakudi -- onto the hump; acala -- as a mountain; sankaya -- by the mistaken identification; tam -- him; tikshna -- sharp; sringam -- whose horns; udvikshya -- seeing; gopyah -- the cowherd women; gopah -- the cowherd men; ca -- and; tatrasuh -- became frightened.


Texto

My dear King, clouds hovered about sharp-horned Arishtasura's hump, mistaking it for a mountain, and when the cowherd men and ladies caught sight of the demon, they were struck with terror. Indeed, the strident reverberation of his roar so frightened the pregnant cows and women that they lost their fetuses in miscarriages.

Significado

The Vedic literature categorizes miscarriages as follows: a-caturthad bhavet sravah patah pancama-shashthayoh/ ata urdhvam prasutih syat. "Up to the fourth month a premature delivery is called srava, in the fifth and sixth months it is called pata, and after this it is considered a birth (prasuti)."