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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
दीर्घं श्वसन् बाष्पकृतोपरोधतो निरुद्धकण्ठो न शशाक भाषितुम् ॥५१॥
śrutvā mṛtam putram alakṣitāntakam vinaṣṭa-dṛṣṭiḥ prapatan skhalan pathi snehānubandhaidhitayā śucā bhṛśam vimūrcchito 'nuprakṛtir dvijair vṛtaḥ
papāta bālasya sa pāda-mūle mṛtasya visrasta-śiroruhāmbaraḥ dīrgham śvasan bāṣpa-kaloparodhato niruddha-kaṇṭho na śaśāka bhāṣitum
śrutvā —hearing;  mṛtam —dead;  putram —the son;  alakṣita-an-takam —the cause of death being unknown;  vinaṣṭa-dṛṣṭiḥ —unable to see properly;  prapatan —constantly falling down;  skhalan —slipping;  pathi —on the road;  sneha-anubandha —because of affection;  edhitayā —increasing;  śucā —by lamentation;  bhṛśam —greatly;  vimūrcchitaḥ —becoming unconscious;  anuprakṛtiḥ —followed by ministers and other officers;  dvijaiḥ —by learned  brāhmaṇas ;  vṛtaḥ —surrounded;  papāta —fell down;  bālasya —of the boy;  saḥ —he (the King);  pāda-mūle —at the feet;  mṛtasya —of the dead body;  visrasta —scattered;  śiroruha —hair;  ambaraḥ —and dress;  dīrgham —long;  śvasan —breathing;  bāṣpa-kalā-uparodhataḥ —due to crying with tearful eyes;  niruddha-kaṇṭhaḥ —having a choked voice;  na —not;  śaśāka —was able;  bhāṣitum —to speak.
TRANSLATION
When King Citraketu heard of his son's death from unknown causes, he became almost blind. Because of his great affection for his son, his lamentation grew like a blazing fire, and as he went to see the dead child, he kept slipping and falling on the ground. Surrounded by his ministers and other officers and the learned  brāhmaṇas  present, the King approached and fell unconscious at the child's feet, his hair and dress scattered. When the King, breathing heavily, regained consciousness, his eyes were tearful, and he could not speak.