Text 16] Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest 291

mukhat— from the mouths of other inhabitants; nitantam—all descriptions;
sd—she; vivyathe—became aggrieved; yat—that which; gaditam—spoken;
sapatnyda—by her co-wife.

TRANSLATION

When Dhruva Maharaja reached his mother, his lips were trembling in
anger, and he was crying very grievously. Queen Suniti immediately lifted
her son onto her lap, while the palace residents who had heard all the harsh
words of Suruci related everything in detail. Thus Suniti also became
greatly aggrieved.

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sotsrjya dhairyam vilalapa goka-
davagnina dava-lateva bala

vakyam sapatnyah smarati saroja-
Sriya drsa baspa-kalam uvaha

sa—she; utsrjya—giving up; dhairyam— patience; vilalapa—lamented; soka-
dava-agnina—by the fire of grief; dava-lata iva—like burned leaves; bala—the
woman; vakyam—words; sapatnyah—spoken by her co-wife; smarati—re-
member; saroja-sriya—a face as beautiful as a lotus; drsé—by looking;
baspa-kalam— weeping; uvaha—said,

TRANSLATION

This incident was unbearable to Suniti’s patience. She began to burn as
if in a forest fire, and in her grief she became just like a burnt leaf and so
lamented. As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright lotuslike
face became filled with tears, and thus she spoke.

PURPORT

When a man is aggrieved, he feels exactly like a burnt leaf in a forest
fire. Sunili’s position was like that, and although her face was as beautiful
