King Citraketu’s Lamentation
नाहं तनूज ददृशे हतमङ्गला ते मुग्धस्मितं मुदितवीक्षणमाननाब्जम् । किं वा गतोऽस्यपुनरन्वयमन्यलोकं नीतोऽघृणेन न शृणोमि कला गिरस्ते ॥ ५८ ॥
Transliteration
nāhaṁ tanūja dadṛśe hata-maṅgalā te mugdha-smitaṁ mudita-vīkṣaṇam ānanābjam kiṁ vā gato ’sy apunar-anvayam anya-lokaṁ nīto ’ghṛṇena na śṛṇomi kalā giras te
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
na — not; aham — I; tanū-ja — my dear son (born of my body); dadṛśe — saw; hata-maṅgalā — because of my being the most unfortunate; te — your; mugdha-smitam — with charming smiling; mudita-vīkṣaṇam — with closed eyes; ānana-abjam — lotus face; kiṁ vā — whether; gataḥ — gone away; asi — you are; a-punaḥ-anvayam — from which one does not return; anya-lokam — to another planet, or the planet of Yamarāja; nītaḥ — having been taken away; aghṛṇena — by the cruel Yamarāja; na — not; śṛṇomi — I can hear; kalāḥ — very pleasing; giraḥ — utterances; te — your.
Translation
“My dear son, I am certainly most unfortunate, for I can no longer see your mild smiling. You have closed your eyes forever. I therefore conclude that you have been taken from this planet to another, from which you will not return. My dear son, I can no longer hear your pleasing voice.”