नाहं तनूज ददृशे हतमङ्गला ते मुग्धस्मितं मुदितवीक्षणमाननाब्जम् । किं वा गतोऽस्यपुनरन्वयमन्यलोकं नीतोऽघृणेन न शृणोमि कला गिरस्ते ॥ ५८ ॥
naham tanuja dadrse hata-mangala te mugdha-smitam mudita-viksanam ananabjam kim va gato ’sy apunar-anvayam anya-lokam nito ’ghrnena na srnomi kala giras te
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- tanu-ja
- my dear son (born of my body)
- dadrse
- saw
- hata-mangala
- because of my being the most unfortunate
- te
- your
- mugdha-smitam
- with charming smiling
- mudita-viksanam
- with closed eyes
- anana-abjam
- lotus face
- kim va
- whether
- gatah
- gone away
- asi
- you are
- a-punah-anvayam
- from which one does not return
- anya-lokam
- to another planet, or the planet of Yamaraja
- nitah
- having been taken away
- aghrnena
- by the cruel Yamaraja
- na
- not
- srnomi
- I can hear
- kalah
- very pleasing
- girah
- utterances
- te
- your
My dear son, I am certainly most unfortunate, for I can no longer see your mild smiling. You have closed your eyes forever. I therefore conclude that you have been taken from this plane to another, from which you will not return. My dear son, I can no longer hear your pleasing voice.