आकर्ण्यात्मजमायान्तं सम्परेत्य यथागतम् । राजा न श्रद्दधे भद्रमभद्रस्य कुतो मम ॥ ३७ ॥
akarnyatma-jam ayantam samparetya yathagatam raja na sraddadhe bhadram abhadrasya kuto mama
- akarnya
- having heard
- atma-jam
- his son
- ayantam
- coming back
- samparetya
- after dying
- yatha
- as if
- agatam
- coming back
- raja
- King Uttanapada
- na
- did not
- sraddadhe
- have any confidence
- bhadram
- good fortune
- abhadrasya
- of the impious
- kutah
- whence
- mama
- my.
When King Uttanapada heard that his son Dhruva was coming back home, as if coming back to life after death, he could not put his faith in this message, for he was doubtful of how it could happen. He considered himself the most wretched, and therefore he thought that it was not possible for him to attain such good fortune.