तथा चिकीर्षमाणं तं सपत्न्यास्तनयं ध्रुवम् । सुरुचि: शृण्वतो राज्ञ: सेर्ष्यमाहातिगर्विता ॥ १० ॥
tatha cikirsamanam tam sapatnyas tanayam dhruvam surucih srnvato rajnah sersyam ahatigarvita
- tatha
- thus
- cikirsamanam
- the child Dhruva, who was trying to get up
- tam
- unto him
- sa-patnyah
- of her co-wife (Suniti)
- tanayam
- son
- dhruvam
- Dhruva
- surucih
- Queen Suruci
- srnvatah
- while hearing
- rajnah
- of the King
- sa-irsyam
- with envy
- aha
- said
- atigarvita
- being too proud.
While the child, Dhruva Maharaja, was trying to get on the lap of his father, Suruci, his stepmother, became very envious of the child, and with great pride she began to speak so as to be heard by the King himself.