Text 16] Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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mukhāt —from the mouths of other inhabitants;  nitāntam —all descriptions;  sā —she;  vivyathe —became aggrieved;  yat —that which;  gaditam —spoken;  sapatnyā —by her co-wife.
TRANSLATION
When Dhruva Mahārāja reached his mother, his lips were trembling in anger, and he was crying very grievously. Queen Sunīti immediately lifted her son onto her lap, while the palace residents who had heard all the harsh words of Suruci related everything in detail. Thus Sunīti also became greatly aggrieved.
TEXT 16
सोत्मुज्य धैर्यं विललाप शोक- दावाग्निना दावलतेव बाला । वाक्यं सपत्न्याः स्मरती सरोज- श्रिया दृशा बाष्पकलामुवाह ॥१६॥
sotsrjya dhairyam vilalāpa śoka- dāvāgninā dāva-lateva bālā vākyam sapatnyāḥ smaratī saroja- śriyā dṛśā bāṣpa-kalām uvāha
sā —she;  utsrjya —giving up;  dhairyam —patience;  vilalāpa —lamented;  śoka- dāva-agninā —by the fire of grief;  dāva-latā iva —like burned leaves;  bālā —the woman;  vākyam —words;  sapatnyāḥ —spoken by her co-wife;  smaratī —re-member;  saroja-śriyā —a face as beautiful as a lotus;  dṛśā —by looking;  bāṣpa-kalām —weeping;  uvāha —said.
TRANSLATION
This incident was unbearable to Sunīti's patience. She began to burn as if in a forest fire, and in her grief she became just like a burnt leaf and so lamented. As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright lotuslike face became filled with tears, and thus she spoke.
PURPORT
When a man is aggrieved, he feels exactly like a burnt leaf in a forest fire. Sunīti's position was like that, and although her face was as beautiful