मैत्रेय उवाच मातु: सपत्न्या: स दुरुक्तिविद्ध: श्वसन् रुषा दण्डहतो यथाहि: । हित्वा मिषन्तं पितरं सन्नवाचं जगाम मातु: प्ररुदन् सकाशम् ॥ १४ ॥
maitreya uvaca matuh sapatnyah sa durukti-viddhah svasan rusa danda-hato yathahih hitva misantam pitaram sanna-vacam jagama matuh prarudan sakasam
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- matuh
- of his mother
- sa-patnyah
- of the co-wife
- sah
- he
- durukti
- harsh words
- viddhah
- being pierced by
- svasan
- breathing very heavily
- rusa
- out of anger
- danda-hatah
- struck by a stick
- yatha
- as much as
- ahih
- a snake
- hitva
- giving up
- misantam
- simply looking over
- pitaram
- his father
- sanna-vacam
- silently
- jagama
- went
- matuh
- to his mother
- prarudan
- weeping
- sakasam
- near
The sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, as a snake, when struck by a stick, breathes very heavily, Dhruva Maharaja, having been struck by the strong words of his stepmother, began to breathe very heavily because of great anger. When he saw that his father was silent and did not protest, he immediately left the palace and went to his mother.