Text 59] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 47

naham tanija dadrse hata-mangala te
mugdha-smitam mudita-viksanam ananabjam

kim va gato ’sy apunar-anvayam anya-lokam
nito ’ghrnena na Srnomi kala giras te

na—not; aham—I; tanii-ja—my dear son (born of my body);
dadrse—saw; hata-margala—because of my being the most unfortu-
nate; te—your; mugdha-smitam—with charming smiling; mudita-
viksanam—with closed eyes; Gnana-abjam—lotus face; kim va—
whether; gatah—gone away; asi—you are; a-punah-anvayam—from
which one does not return; anya-lokam—to another planet, or the planet
of Yamaraja; nitah—having been taken away; aghrnena—by the cruel
Yamaraja; na—not; srnomi—I can hear; kalah—very pleasing; girah—
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

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Sri-Suka uvdca
vilapantydé mrtarh putram
iti citra-vilapanaih
citraketur bhrsam tapto
mukta-kantho ruroda ha

sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; vilapantyé—with the
woman who was lamenting; mrtam—dead; putram—for the son; iti—
thus; citra-vilapanaih—with various lamentations; citraketuh—King
