King Citraketu’s Lamentation
उत्तिष्ठ तात त इमे शिशवो वयस्या- स्त्वामाह्वयन्ति नृपनन्दन संविहर्तुम् । सुप्तश्चिरं ह्यशनया च भवान् परीतो भुङ्क्ष्व स्तनं पिब शुचो हर न: स्वकानाम् ॥ ५७ ॥
Transliteration
uttiṣṭha tāta ta ime śiśavo vayasyās tvām āhvayanti nṛpa-nandana saṁvihartum suptaś ciraṁ hy aśanayā ca bhavān parīto bhuṅkṣva stanaṁ piba śuco hara naḥ svakānām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
uttiṣṭha — kindly get up; tāta — my dear son; te — they; ime — all these; śiśavaḥ — children; vayasyāḥ — playmates; tvām — you; āhvayanti — are calling; nṛpa-nandana — O son of the King; saṁvihartum — to play with; suptaḥ — you have slept; ciram — for a long time; hi — indeed; aśanayā — by hunger; ca — also; bhavān — you; parītaḥ — overcome; bhuṅkṣva — please eat; stanam — at the breast (of your mother); piba — drink; śucaḥ — lamentation; hara — just dissipate; naḥ — of us; svakānām — your relatives.
Translation
“My dear son, you have slept a long time. Now please get up. Your playmates are calling you to play. Since you must be very hungry, please get up and suck my breast and dissipate our lamentation.”