—json {
"name":"SB 9.21.10", "h1":"SB 9.21.10", "label":"Text 10", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.21.10", "description":"Thereafter, only the drinking water remained, and there was only enough to satisfy one person, but when the King was just about to drink it, a caṇḍāla appeared and said, \"O King, although I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water.\""
} —
SB 9.21.10
Text
pānīya-mātram uccheṣaṁ
tac caika-paritarpaṇam
pāsyataḥ pulkaso 'bhyāgād
apo dehy aśubhāya me
Synonyms
pānīya-mātram—only the drinking water; uccheṣam—what remained of the food; tat ca—that also; eka—for one; paritarpaṇam—satisfying; pāsyataḥ—when the King was about to drink; pulkasaḥ—a caṇḍāla; abhyāgāt—came there; apaḥ—water; dehi—please give; aśubhāya—although I am a lowborn caṇḍāla; me—to me.
Translation
Thereafter, only the drinking water remained, and there was only enough to satisfy one person, but when the King was just about to drink it, a caṇḍāla appeared and said, “O King, although I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water.”