Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.47

tasyās tadākarnya bhriśāturam svaram

ghnantyāh karābhyām ura uccakair api

praviśya rājñī tvarayātmajāntikam

dadarśa bālam sahasā mritam sutam

SYNONYMS

tasyāh — of her (the maidservant); tadā — at that time; ākarnya — hearing; bhriśa-āturam — highly regretful and agitated; svaram — voice; ghnantyāh — striking; karābhyām — with the hands; urah — the chest; uccakaih — loudly; api — also; praviśya — entering; rājñī — the Queen; tvarayā — hastily; ātmaja-antikam — near her son; dadarśa — she saw; bālam — the child; sahasā — suddenly; mritam — dead; sutam — son.

TRANSLATION

In great agitation, the maidservant struck her breast with both hands and cried loudly in regretful words. Hearing her loud voice, the Queen immediately came, and when she approached her son, she saw that he was suddenly dead.

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