शिर: पतितमालोक्य राजद्वारे सकुण्डलम् । किमिदं कस्य वा वक्त्रमिति संशिशिरे जना: ॥ २५ ॥
śiraḥ patitam ālokya rāja-dvāre sa-kuṇḍalam kim idaṁ kasya vā vaktram iti saṁśiśire janāḥ
- śiraḥ
- the head
- patitam
- fallen
- ālokya
- seeing
- rāja-dvāre
- at the gate of the royal palace
- sa-kuṇḍalam
- with earrings
- kim
- what
- idam
- is this
- kasya
- whose
- vā
- or
- vaktram
- head
- iti
- thus
- saṁśiśire
- expressed doubt
- janāḥ
- the people
Seeing a head decorated with earrings lying at the gate of the royal palace, the people present were puzzled. Some of them asked, “What is this?” and others said, “It is a head, but whose is it?”