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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
हित्वा मिषन्तं पितरं सन्नवान्तं
जगाम मातुः प्ररुदन् सकाशम् ॥१४॥
maitreya uvāca
mātuḥ sapatnyāḥ sa durukti-viddhaḥ
śvasan ruṣā daṇḍa-hato yathāhiḥ
hitvā miṣantam pitaram sanna-vācam
jagāma mātuḥ prarudan sakāśam
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya said;  mātuḥ —of his mother;  sapatnyāḥ —of the co-wife;  saḥ —he;  durukti —harsh words;  viddhaḥ —being pierced by;  śvasan —breathing very heavily;  ruṣā —out of anger;  daṇḍa-hataḥ —struck by a stick;  yathā —as much as;  ahiḥ —a snake;  hitvā —giving up;  miṣantam —simply looking over;  pitaram —his father;  sanna-vācam —silently;  jagāma —went;  mātuḥ —to his mother;  prarudan —weeping;  sakāśam —near.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, as a snake, when struck by a stick, breathes very heavily, so Dhruva Mahārāja also, being struck by the strong words of his stepmother, began to breathe very heavily because of great anger. When he saw that his father was silent and did not protest, he immediately left the palace and went to his mother.
TEXT 15
तं निःश्वसन्तं स्फुरिताधरोष्ठं
सुनीतिरुत्सङ्ग उद्द्य बालम् ।
निशम्य तत्पौरमुखान्नितान्तं
सा विव्यथे यद्गदितं सपत्न्या ॥१५॥
tam niḥśvasantam sphuritādharoṣṭham
sunītir utsaṅga udūhya bālam
niśamya tat-paura-mukhān nitāntam
sā vivyathe yad gaditam sapatnyā
tam —him;  niḥśvasantam —heavily breathing;  sphurita —trembling;  adhara-oṣṭham —upper and lower lips;  sunītiḥ —Queen Sunīti;  utsaṅge —on her lap;  udūhya —lifting;  bālam —her son;  niśamya —after hearing;  tat-paura-