pati-vratā patiḿ prāha
mlāyatā vadanena sā
daridraḿ sīdamānā vai
vepamānābhigamya ca
pati-vrata -- faithful to her husband; patim -- to her husband; praha -- she said; mlayata -- drying up; vadanena -- with her face; sa -- she; daridram -- poor; sidamana -- distressed; vai -- indeed; vepamana -- trembling; abhigamya -- approaching; ca -- and.
The chaste wife of the poverty-stricken brahmana once approached him, her face dried up because of her distress. Trembling with fear, she spoke as follows.
According to Sridhara Svami, 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.
