तं विचक्ष्य खलं पुत्रं शासनैर्विविधैर्नृप: । यदा न शासितुं कल्पो भृशमासीत्सुदुर्मना: ॥ ४२ ॥
tam vicaksya khalam putram sasanair vividhair nrpah yada na sasitum kalpo bhrsam asit sudurmanah
- tam
- him
- vicaksya
- observing
- khalam
- cruel
- putram
- son
- sasanaih
- by punishments
- vividhaih
- different kinds of
- nrpah
- the King
- yada
- when
- na
- not
- sasitum
- to bring under control
- kalpah
- was able
- bhrsam
- greatly
- asit
- became
- su-durmanah
- aggrieved.
After seeing the cruel and merciless behavior of his son, Vena, King Anga punished him in different ways to reform him, but was unable to bring him to the path of gentleness. He thus became greatly aggrieved.