Text 43]
King Citraketu's Lamentation
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we are maidservants of the maidservant. Therefore we are most unfortunate.
TEXT 42
एवं सन्दह्यमानानां सपत्न्याः पुत्रसम्पदा । राज्ञोऽसम्मतवृत्तीनां विद्वेषो बलवानभूत् ॥४२॥
evam sandahyamānānām sapatnyāḥ putra-sampadā rājño 'sammata-vṛttīnām vidveṣo balavān abhūt
evam —thus;  sandahyamānānām —of the queens, who were constantly burning in lamentation;  sapatnyāḥ —of the co-wife Kṛtadyuti;  putra-sampadā —due to the opulence of a son;  rājñaḥ —by the King;  asammata-vṛttīnām —not being very much favored;  vidveṣaḥ —envy;  balavān —very strong;  abhūt —became.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Being neglected by their husband and seeing Kṛtadyuti's opulence in possessing a son, Kṛtadyuti's co-wives always burned in envy, which became extremely strong.
TEXT 43
विद्वेषनष्टमतयः स्त्रियो दारुणचेतसः । गरं ददुः कुमाराय दुर्मर्षा नृपतिं प्रति ॥४३॥
vidveṣa-naṣṭa-matayaḥ striyo dāruṇa-cetasaḥ garaṁ daduḥ kumārāya durmarṣā nṛpatiṁ prati
vidveṣa-naṣṭa-matayaḥ —whose intelligence was lost in envy;  striyaḥ —the women;  dāruṇa-cetasaḥ —being very hardhearted;