विद्वेषनष्टमतय: स्त्रियो दारुणचेतस: । गरं ददु: कुमाराय दुर्मर्षा नृपतिं प्रति ॥ ४३ ॥
vidvesa-nasta-matayah striyo daruna-cetasah garam daduh kumaraya durmarsa nrpatim prati
- vidvesa-nasta-matayah
- whose intelligence was lost in envy
- striyah
- the women
- daruna-cetasah
- being very hardhearted
- garam
- poison
- daduh
- administered
- kumaraya
- unto the boy
- durmarsah
- being intolerant
- nrpatim
- the King
- prati
- upon.
As their envy increased, they lost their intelligence. Being extremely hardhearted and unable to tolerate the King’s neglect, they finally administered poison to the son.