अप्यनाथं वने ब्रह्मन्मा स्मादन्त्यर्भकं वृका: । श्रान्तं शयानं क्षुधितं परिम्लानमुखाम्बुजम् ॥ ६६ ॥
apy anatham vane brahman ma smadanty arbhakam vrkah srantam sayanam ksudhitam parimlana-mukhambujam
- api
- certainly
- anatham
- without being protected by anyone
- vane
- in the forest
- brahman
- my dear brahmana
- ma
- whether or not
- sma
- did not
- adanti
- devour
- arbhakam
- the helpless boy
- vrkah
- wolves
- srantam
- being fatigued
- sayanam
- lying down
- ksudhitam
- being hungry
- parimlana
- emaciated
- mukha-ambujam
- his face, which is just like a lotus flower.
My dear brahmana, the face of my son was just like a lotus flower. I am thinking of his precarious condition. He is unprotected, and he might he very hungry. He might have lain down somewhere in the forest, and the wolves might have attacked him to eat his body.