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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
being fatigued; śayānam—lying down; kṣudhitam—being hungry; parimlāna—cmaciated; mukha-ambujam—his face, which is just like a lotus flower.
TRANSLATION
My dear brāhmaṇa, the face of my son was just like a lotus flower. I am thinking of his precarious condition. He is unprotected, and he might be very hungry. He might have lain down somewhere in the forest, and the wolves might have attacked him to eat his body.
TEXT 67
अहो मे बत दौरात्म्यं स्त्रीजितस्योपधारय । योऽङ्कं प्रेम्णाऽऽरुरुक्षन्तं नाभ्यनन्दमसत्तमः ॥६७॥
aho me bata daurātmyam strī-jitasyopadhāraya yo 'nkam premṇā' 'rurukṣantam nābhyanandam asattamaḥ.
aho—alas; me—my; bata—certainly; daurātmyam—cruelty; strī-jitasya—conquered by a woman; upadhāraya—just think of me in this regard; yaḥ—who; ankam—lap; premṇā—out of love; ārurukṣantam—trying to rise on it; na—not; abhyanandam—received properly; asattamaḥ—the most cruel.
TRANSLATION
Alas, just see how I was conquered by my wife! Just imagine my cruelty! Out of love and affection the boy was trying to get up on my lap, but I did not receive him, nor did I even pat him for a moment. Just imagine how hardhearted I am.
TEXT 68
नारद उवाच
मा मा शुचः स्वतनयं देवगुप्तं विशाम्पते । तत्प्रमावमविज्ञाय प्राशुङ्के यद्यशो जगत् ॥६८॥
nārada uvāca mā mā śucaḥ sva-tanayam deva-guptam viśāmpate tat-prabhāvam avijñāya prāvṛnkte yad-yaśo jagat