Devanagari
अप्यनाथं वने ब्रह्मन्मा स्मादन्त्यर्भकं वृका: ।
श्रान्तं शयानं क्षुधितं परिम्लानमुखाम्बुजम् ॥ ६६ ॥
Verse text
apy anāthaṁ vane brahman
mā smādanty arbhakaṁ vṛkāḥ
śrāntaṁ śayānaṁ kṣudhitaṁ
parimlāna-mukhāmbujam
Synonyms
api
—
certainly
;
anātham
—
without being protected by anyone
;
vane
—
in the forest
;
brahman
—
my dear brāhmaṇa
;
mā
—
whether or not
;
sma
—
did not
;
adanti
—
devour
;
arbhakam
—
the helpless boy
;
vṛkāḥ
—
wolves
;
śrāntam
—
being fatigued
;
śayānam
—
lying down
;
kṣudhitam
—
being hungry
;
parimlāna
—
emaciated
;
mukha
—
ambujam — his face, which is just like a lotus flower .
Translation
My dear brāhmaṇa, the face of my son was just like a lotus flower. I am thinking of his precarious condition. He is unprotected, and he might be very hungry. He might have lain down somewhere in the forest, and the wolves might have attacked him to eat his body.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O brāhmaṇa! Have the wolves eaten the unprotected boy, who must be tired, hungry, with wilted lotus face, lying down in the forest?