Narayaneeyam

[soundararajan50]

Dasakam: 014 -- Shlokam: 08
शतवर्षमथ व्यतीत्य सोऽयं
नव कन्या: समवाप्य धन्यरूपा: ।
वनयानसमुद्यतोऽपि कान्ता-
हितकृत्त्वज्जननोत्सुको न्यवात्सीत् ॥८॥

shatavarShamatha vyatiitya sO(a)yaM
nava kanyaaH samavaapya dhanyaruupaaH |
vanayaanasamudyatO(a)pi kaantaahitakR^
ittvajjananOtsukO nyavaatsiit ||

After spending a hundred years thus and begetting nine very beautiful daughters, Kardama wanted to take up the ascetic life and retire to the forest. Yeilding to his wife's wishes and eagerly awaiting Thy birth as their son, he continued to stay on at home