Text 51] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 39

TEXT 49
qa WN aa

way aay fase TzAy |
ATT TTSAAAT: Bz aal-

MUA STA BVT! SANTA: (VS

tato nrpantahpura-vartino jana

nards ca naryas ca nisamya rodanam
dgatya tulya-vyasanah suduhkhitds

tas ca vyalikam ruruduh krtagasah

tatah—thereafter; nrpa—O King; antahpura-vartinah—the inhabi-
tants of the palace; janah—all the people; narah—the men; ca—and;
naryah—the women; ca—also; nisamya—hearing; rodanam—loud
crying; dgatya—coming; tulya-vyasanah —being equally aggrieved; su-
duhkhitah—very greatly lamenting; tah—they; ca—and; vyalikam—
pretentiously; ruruduh—cried; krta-dgasah—who had committed the
offense (by giving the poison).

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, 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
Ya At Gaia
faagete: s7aq Caer of |
aaa gar wi
frahedsarataeaaa: kell
Wd Wa a Tee
ara = fraaeeraz: |
