Text 33] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 29

atha kala updurtte
kum4érah samajayata
Janayan Siirasenanam
Srnvatam paramém mudam

atha—thereafter; kale updvrtte—in due course of time; kumarah—
the son; samajayata —took birth; janayan—creating; Sirasendnam—of
the inhabitants of Sirasena; srmvatam—hearing; paramadm—the high-
est; mudam—delight.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, in due course of time, a son was born to the King.
Hearing news of this, all the inhabitants of the state of Sirasena
were extremely pleased.

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hrsto raja kumarasya
snatah sucir alankrtah

vacayitvasiso vipraih
kdrayam asa jatakam

hrstah—very happy; raja—the King; kumdrasya—of his newly born
son; sndtah—having bathed; sucih—being purified; alankrtah—being
decorated with ornaments; vdcayitvd—having caused to be spoken:
asisah—words of benediction; wvipraih—by learned brahmanas;
karayam dsa—caused to be performed; jatakam—the birth ceremony.

TRANSLATION

King Citraketu was especially pleased. After purifying himself
by bathing and by decorating himself with ornaments, he engaged
learned brahmanas in offering benedictions to the child and per-
forming the birth ceremony.
