तस्य पुत्रोऽतितेजस्वी विहरन् बालकोऽर्भकै: । राज्ञाघं प्रापितं तातं श्रुत्वा तत्रेदमब्रवीत् ॥ ३२ ॥
tasya putro ’titejasvi viharan balako ’rbhakaih rajnagham prapitam tatam srutva tatredam abravit
- tasya
- his (the sage’s)
- putrah
- son
- ati
- extremely
- tejasvi
- powerful
- viharan
- while playing
- balakah
- with boys
- arbhakaih
- who were all childish
- rajna
- by the King
- agham
- distress
- prapitam
- made to have
- tatam
- the father
- srutva
- by hearing
- tatra
- then and there
- idam
- this
- abravit
- spoke.
The sage had a son who was very powerful, being a brahmana’s son. While he was playing with inexperienced boys, he heard of his father’s distress, which was occasioned by the King. Then and there the boy spoke as follows.