मातुस्त्वतितरां पुत्रे स्नेहो मोहसमुद्भव: । कृतद्युते: सपत्नीनां प्रजाकामज्वरोऽभवत् ॥ ३७ ॥
matus tv atitaram putre sneho moha-samudbhavah krtadyuteh sapatninam praja-kama-jvaro ’bhavat
- matuh
- of the mother
- tu
- also
- atitaram
- excessively
- putre
- for the son
- snehah
- affection
- moha
- out of ignorance
- samudbhavah
- produced
- krtadyuteh
- of Krtadyuti
- sapatninam
- of the co-wives
- praja-kama
- of a desire to have sons
- jvarah
- a fever
- abhavat
- there was.
The mother’s attraction and attention to the son, like that of the child’s father, excessively increased. The other wives, seeing Krtadyuti’s son, were very much agitated, as if by high fevers, with a desire to have sons.