Canto 6, Chapter 14

King Citraketu’s Lamentation

Verse 43 (SB 6.14.43)
SB 6.14.43 • मूल श्लोक

विद्वेषनष्टमतय: स्त्रियो दारुणचेतस: । गरं ददु: कुमाराय दुर्मर्षा नृपतिं प्रति ॥ ४३ ॥

Transliteration

vidveṣa-naṣṭa-matayaḥ striyo dāruṇa-cetasaḥ garaṁ daduḥ kumārāya durmarṣā nṛpatiṁ prati

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

vidveṣa-naṣṭa-matayaḥ — whose intelligence was lost in envy; striyaḥ — the women; dāruṇa-cetasaḥ — being very hardhearted; garam — poison; daduḥ — administered; kumārāya — unto the boy; durmarṣāḥ — being intolerant; nṛpatim — the King; prati — upon.

Translation

“As their envy increased, they lost their intelligence. Being extremely hardhearted and unable to tolerate the King’s neglect, they finally administered poison to the son.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda