अथाजिघ्रन्मुहुर्मूर्ध्नि शीतैर्नयनवारिभि: । स्नापयामास तनयं जातोद्दाममनोरथ: ॥ ४४ ॥
athajighran muhur murdhni sitair nayana-varibhih snapayam asa tanayam jatoddama-manorathah
- atha
- thereupon
- ajighran
- smelling
- muhuh
- again and again
- murdhni
- on the head
- sitaih
- cold
- nayana
- of his eyes
- varibhih
- with the water
- snapayam asa
- he bathed
- tanayam
- son
- jata
- fulfilled
- uddama
- great
- manah-rathah
- his desire.
Reunion with Dhruva Maharaja fulfilled King Uttanapada’s long-cherished desire, and for this reason he smelled Dhruva’s head again and again and bathed him with torrents of very cold tears.