Text 37]
King Citraketu's Lamentation
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TRANSLATION
As a cloud indiscriminately pours water on the earth, the beneficent King Citraketu, to increase the reputation, opulence and longevity of his son, distributed like rainfall all desirable things to everyone.
TEXT 36
कृच्छ्रलब्धेऽथ राजर्षेस्तनयेऽनुदिनं पितुः । यथा निःस्वस्य कृच्छ्राप्ते धने स्नेहो ऽन्ववर्धत ॥३६॥
kṛcchra-labdhe 'tha rājarṣes tanaye 'nudinam pituḥ yathā niḥsvasya kṛcchrāpte dhane sneho 'nvavardhata
kṛcchra —with great difficulty;  labdhe —gained;  atha —thereafter;  rāja-rṣeh —of the pious King Citraketu;  tanaye —for the son;  anudinam —day after day;  pituḥ —of the father;  yathā —exactly as;  niḥsvasya —of a poor man;  kṛcchra-āpte —gained after great difficulty;  dhane —for riches;  snehaḥ —affection;  anvavardhata —increased.
TRANSLATION
When a poor man gets some money after great difficulty, his affection for the money increases daily. Similarly, when King Citraketu, after great difficulty, received a son, his affection for the son increased day after day.
TEXT 37
मातुस्त्वतितरां पुत्रे स्नेहो मोहसमुद्भवः । कृतद्युतेः सपत्नीनां प्रजाकामज्वरोऽभवत् ॥३७॥
mātus tv atitarām putre sneho moha-samudbhavaḥ kṛtadyuteḥ sapatnīnām prajā-kāma-jvaro 'bhavat