prasuti -- of giving birth; kale -- the time; asanne -- being imminent; bharyayah -- of his wife; dvija -- the brahmana; sat-tamah -- most elevated; pahi -- please save; pahi -- please save; prajam -- my child; mrityoh -- from death; iti -- thus; aha -- he said; arjunam -- to Arjuna; aturah -- distraught.

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