ततोऽभ्येत्याश्रमं बालो गले सर्पकलेवरम् । पितरं वीक्ष्य दु:खार्तो मुक्तकण्ठो रुरोद ह ॥ ३८ ॥
tato ’bhyetyasramam balo gale sarpa-kalevaram pitaram viksya duhkharto mukta-kantho ruroda ha
- tatah
- thereafter
- abhyetya
- after entering into
- asramam
- the hermitage
- balah
- boy
- gale sarpa
- the snake on the shoulder
- kalevaram
- body
- pitaram
- unto the father
- viksya
- having seen
- duhkha-artah
- in a sorry plight
- mukta-kanthah
- loudly
- ruroda
- cried
- ha
- in the past.
Thereafter, when the boy returned to the hermitage, he saw a snake on his father’s shoulder, and out of his grief he cried very loudly.