290 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 8
AMA Ag? Tee AHMAT U2 VII
maitreya uvaca
matuh sapatnyah sa durukti-viddhah
§vasan rusé danda-hato yathahih
hitva misantam pitaram sanna-vacarn
jagama matuh prarudan sakasam
maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya said; matuh—of his mother;
sapatnyah—of the co-wife; sah—he; durukti—harsh words; viddhah—being
pierced by; svasan—breathing very heavily; rusa—out of anger; danda-
hatah—struck by a stick ; yatha—as much as; ahih—a snake; hitva—giving up;
misantam—simply looking over; pitaram—his father; sanna-vacam—silently ;
jagama—went; matuh—to his mother; prarudan—weeping; sakasam—near.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, as a snake, when struck
by a stick, breathes very heavily, so Dhruva Maharaja also, being struck by
the strong words of his stepmother, began to breathe very heavily because
of great anger. When he saw that his father was silent and did not protest,
he immediately left the palace and went to his mother.
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tam nihsvasantam sphuritadharostham
sunitir utsanga udiihya balam
nigsamya tat-paura-mukhan nitantam
sa vivyathe yad gaditam sapatnya
tam—him  nihsvasantam—heavily breathing; sphurita—trembling; adhara-
ostham—upper and lower lips; sunitih—Queen Suniti; utsange—on her
lap; udithya—lifting; balam—her son; nisamya—after hearing; tat-paura-
