SB 6.14.51 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रुत्वा मृतं पुत्रमलक्षितान्तकं विनष्टद‍ृष्टि: प्रपतन् स्खलन् पथि । स्‍नेहानुबन्धैधितया शुचा भृशं विमूर्च्छितोऽनुप्रकृतिर्द्विजैर्वृत: ॥ ५० ॥ पपात बालस्य स पादमूले मृतस्य विस्रस्तशिरोरुहाम्बर: । दीर्घं श्वसन् बाष्पकलोपरोधतो निरुद्धकण्ठो न शशाक भाषितुम् ॥ ५१ ॥

Verse text

śrutvā mṛtaṁ putram alakṣitāntakaṁ vinaṣṭa-dṛṣṭiḥ prapatan skhalan pathi snehānubandhaidhitayā śucā bhṛśaṁ vimūrcchito ’nuprakṛtir dvijair vṛtaḥ papāta bālasya sa pāda-mūle mṛtasya visrasta-śiroruhāmbaraḥ dīrghaṁ śvasan bāṣpa-kaloparodhato niruddha-kaṇṭho na śaśāka bhāṣitum

Synonyms

śrutvā — hearing ; mṛtam — dead ; putram — the son ; alakṣita — antakam — the cause of death being unknown ; vinaṣṭa — dṛṣṭiḥ — unable to see properly ; prapatan — constantly falling down ; skhalan — slipping ; pathi — on the road ; sneha — anubandha — because of affection ; edhitayā — increasing ; śucā — by lamentation ; bhṛśam — greatly ; vimūrcchitaḥ — becoming unconscious ; anuprakṛtiḥ — followed by ministers and other officers ; dvijaiḥ — by learned brāhmaṇas ; vṛtaḥ — surrounded ; papāta — fell down ; bālasya — of the boy ; saḥ — he (the King) ; pāda — mūle — at the feet ; mṛtasya — of the dead body ; visrasta — scattered ; śiroruha — hair ; ambaraḥ — and dress ; dīrgham — long ; śvasan — breathing ; bāṣpa — kalā — uparodhataḥ — due to crying with tearful eyes ; niruddha — kaṇṭhaḥ — having a choked voice ; na — not ; śaśāka — was able ; bhāṣitum — to speak .

Translation

When King Citraketu heard of his son’s death from unknown causes, he became almost blind. Because of his great affection for his son, his lamentation grew like a blazing fire, and as he went to see the dead child, he kept slipping and falling on the ground. Surrounded by his ministers and other officers and the learned brāhmaṇas present, the King approached and fell unconscious at the child’s feet, his hair and dress scattered. When the King, breathing heavily, regained consciousness, his eyes were tearful, and he could not speak.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When King Citraketu heard of his son's death from unknown causes, he became almost blind. Because of his great affection for his son, his lamentation grew like a blazing fire. He kept slipping and falling on the ground. Surrounded by his ministers and brāhmaṇas, the King approached and fell at the child's feet, his hair and dress scattered. The King, breathing heavily, with tearful eyes and choked voice, could not speak. The child had died of unknown cause (alakṣitāntakam). Anuprakṛtiḥ means ministers and friends. Surrounded by ministers and brāhmaṇas he fell down. They also fell down.