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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
garam —poison;  daduḥ —administered;  kumārāya —unto the boy;  durmarṣāḥ —being intolerant;  nṛpatim —the King;  prati —upon.
TRANSLATION
As their envy increased, they lost their intelligence. Being extremely hardhearted and unable to tolerate the King's neglect, they finally administered poison to the son.
TEXT 44
कृतद्युतिरजानन्ती सपत्नीनामधं महत् । सुप्त एवेति सञ्चिन्त्य निरीक्ष्य व्यचरद् गृहे ॥४४॥
kṛtadyutir ajānantī sapatnīnām agham mahat supta eveti sañcintya nirīkṣya vyacarad gṛhe
kṛtadyutiḥ —Queen Kṛtadyuti;  ajānantī —being unaware of;  sapatnīnām —of her co-wives;  agham —sinful act;  mahat —very great;  suptaḥ —sleeping;  eva —indeed;  iti —thus;  sañcintya —thinking;  nirīkṣya —looking at;  vyacarat —was walking;  gṛhe —at home.
TRANSLATION
Unaware of the poison administered by her co-wives, Queen Kṛtadyuti walked within the house, thinking that her son was sleeping deeply. She did not understand that he was dead.
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शयानं सुचिरं बालमुपधार्य मनीषिणी । पुत्रमानय मे भद्रे इति धात्रीमचोदयत् ॥४५॥
śayānam suciram bālam upadhārya manīṣiṇī putram ānaya me bhadre iti dhātrīm acodayat