Chapter 8
अपिस्विदकृतसुकृतमागत्य मां सुखयिष्यति हरिणराजकुमारो विविधरुचिरदर्शनीयनिजमृगदारकविनोदैरसन्तोषं स्वानामपनुदन् ॥ २० ॥
Transliteration
api svid akṛta-sukṛtam āgatya māṁ sukhayiṣyati hariṇa-rāja-kumāro vividha-rucira-darśanīya-nija-mṛga-dāraka-vinodair asantoṣaṁ svānām apanudan.
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
api svit — whether it will; akṛta-sukṛtam — who has never executed any pious activities; āgatya — coming back; mām — to me; sukhayiṣyati — give pleasure; hariṇa-rāja-kumāraḥ — the deer, who was just like a prince because of my taking care of it exactly like a son; vividha — various; rucira — very pleasing; darśanīya — to be seen; nija — own; mṛga-dāraka — befitting the calf of the deer; vinodaiḥ — by pleasing activities; asantoṣam — the unhappiness; svānām — of his own kind; apanudan — driving away.
Translation
“That deer is exactly like a prince. When will it return? When will it again display its personal activities, which are so pleasing? When will it again pacify a wounded heart like mine? I certainly must have no pious assets, otherwise the deer would have returned by now.”