Text 51]
King Citraketu's Lamentation
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TEXT 49
ततो नृपान्तःपुरवर्तिनो जना 
  नराश्च नार्यश्च निशम्य रोदनम् । 
  आगत्य तुल्यव्यसनाः सुदुःखिता- 
  स्ताश्च व्यलीकं रुरुदुः कृतागसः ॥४९॥
tato nṛpāntaḥpura-vartino janā 
  narāś ca nāryaś ca niśamya rodanam 
  āgatya tulya-vyasanāḥ suduḥkhitās 
  tāś ca vyalikam ruruduḥ kṛtāgasaḥ
tataḥ—thereafter; nṛpa—O King; antaḥpura-vartinaḥ—the inhabitants of the palace; janāḥ—all the people; narāḥ—the men; ca—and; nāryaḥ—the women; ca—also; niśamya—hearing; rodanam—loud crying; āgatya—coming; tulya-vyasanāḥ—being equally aggrieved; suduḥkhitāḥ—very greatly lamenting; tāḥ—they; ca—and; vyalikam—pretentiously; ruruduḥ—cried; kṛta-āgasaḥ—who had committed the offense (by giving the poison).
TRANSLATION
O King Parikṣit, hearing the loud crying, all the inhabitants of the palace came, both men and women. Being equally aggrieved, they also began to cry. The queens who had administered the poison also cried pretentiously, knowing full well their offense.
TEXTS 50-51
श्वत्वा मृतं पुत्रमलक्षितान्तकं 
  विनष्टदृष्टिः प्रपतन् स्वलन् पथि । 
  स्नेहानुबन्धैर्धितया शुचा भृशं 
  विमूर्च्छितोऽनुप्रकृतिर्द्विजैर्वृतः ॥५०॥ 
  पपात बालस्य स पादमूले 
  मृतस्य विस्रस्तशिरोरुहाम्बरः ।