Text 59]
King Citraketu's Lamentation
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nāhaṁ tanūja dadṛśe hata-maṅgalā te mugdha-smitaṁ mudita-vīkṣaṇam ānanābjam kiṁ vā gato 'sy apunar-anvayam anya-lokaṁ nūto 'ghṛṇena na śṛṇomi kalā giras te
na—not; aham—I; tanū-ja—my dear son (born of my body); dadṛśe—saw; hata-maṅgalā—because of my being the most unfortu- nate; te—your; mugdha-smitam—with charming smiling; mudita- vīkṣaṇam—with closed eyes; ānana-abjam—lotus face; kiṁ vā— whether; gataḥ—gone away; asi—you are; a-punaḥ-anvayam—from which one does not return; anya-lokam—to another planet, or the planet of Yamarāja; nūtaḥ—having been taken away; aghṛṇena—by the cruel Yamarāja; na—not; śṛṇomi—I can hear; kalāḥ—very pleasing; giraḥ— utterances; te—your.
TRANSLATION
My dear son, I am certainly most unfortunate, for I can no longer see your mild smiling. You have closed your eyes forever. I therefore conclude that you have been taken from this planet to another, from which you will not return. My dear son, I can no longer hear your pleasing voice.
TEXT 59
श्रीशुक उवाच
विलपन्त्या मृतं पुत्रमिति चित्रविलापनैः ।
चित्रकेतुर्भृशं तप्तो मुक्तकण्ठो रुरोद ह ॥५९॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
vilapantyā mṛtaṁ putram
iti citra-vilāpanaiḥ
citraketur bhṛśaṁ tapto
mukta-kaṇṭho ruroda ha
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; vilapantyā—with the woman who was lamenting; mṛtam—dead; putram—for the son; iti—thus; citra-vilāpanaiḥ—with various lamentations; citraketuḥ—King