Devanagari
मातुस्त्वतितरां पुत्रे स्नेहो मोहसमुद्भव: ।
कृतद्युते: सपत्नीनां प्रजाकामज्वरोऽभवत् ॥ ३७ ॥
Verse text
mātus tv atitarāṁ putre
sneho moha-samudbhavaḥ
kṛtadyuteḥ sapatnīnāṁ
prajā-kāma-jvaro ’bhavat
Synonyms
mātuḥ
—
of the mother
;
tu
—
also
;
atitarām
—
excessively
;
putre
—
for the son
;
snehaḥ
—
affection
;
moha
—
out of ignorance
;
samudbhavaḥ
—
produced
;
kṛtadyuteḥ
—
of Kṛtadyuti
;
sapatnīnām
—
of the co-wives
;
prajā
—
kāma — of a desire to have sons
;
jvaraḥ
—
a fever
;
abhavat
—
there was .
Translation
The mother’s attraction and attention to the son, like that of the child’s father, excessively increased. The other wives, seeing Kṛtadyuti’s son, were very much agitated, as if by high fevers, with a desire to have sons.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The mother developed extreme affection for her son out of illusion. The other wives developed a feverish desire to have sons.
The other wives developed a painful desire for a son.