राजोवाच सुतो मे बालको ब्रह्मन् स्त्रैणेनाकरुणात्मना । निर्वासित: पञ्चवर्ष: सह मात्रा महान्कवि: ॥ ६५ ॥
rajovaca suto me balako brahman strainenakarunatmana nirvasitah panca-varsah saha matra mahan kavih
- raja uvaca
- the King replied
- sutah
- son
- me
- my
- balakah
- tender boy
- brahman
- my dear brahmana
- strainena
- one who is too addicted to his wife
- akaruna-atmana
- one who is very hard of heart and without mercy
- nirvasitah
- is banished
- panca-varsah
- although the boy is five years old
- saha
- with
- matra
- mother
- mahan
- great personality
- kavih
- devotee.
The King replied: O best of the brahmanas, I am very much addicted to my wife, and I am so fallen that I have abandoned all merciful behavior, even to my son, who is only five years old. I have banished him and his mother, even though he is a great soul and a great devotee.