Text 47] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 37

Sayanam—lying down; su-ciram—for a long time; balam—the son;
upadharya—thinking; manisini—very intelligent; putram—the son;
Gnaya—bring; me—unto me; bhadre—O gentle friend; iti—thus;
dhatrim—unto the nurse; acodayat—gave the order.

TRANSLATION

Thinking that her child had been sleeping for a long time,
Queen Krtadyuti, who was certainly very intelligent, ordered the
nurse, ‘‘My dear friend, please bring my son here.”

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TW VAGUS FE Wasa |
MOPAR SANATTTA N28

sd Sayanam upavrajya
drstva cottdra-locanam

pranendriyatmabhis tyaktama
hatdsmity apatad bhuvi

sad—she (the maidservant); Sayanam—lying down; upavrajya—
going to; drstva—seeing; ca—also; uttara-locanam—his eyes turned
upward (as are those of a dead body); prana-indriya-dtmabhih—by the
life force, senses and mind; tyaktam—abandoned; hata asmi—now | am
doomed; iti—thus; apatat—fell down; bhuvi—on the ground.

TRANSLATION

When the maidservant approached the child, who was lying
down, she saw that his eyes were turned upward. There were no
signs of life, all his senses having stopped, and she could under-
stand that the child was dead. Seeing this, she immediately cried,
“‘Now I am doomed,” and fell to the ground.

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