कोऽयं स्यात्तव राजेन्द्र भवान् यमनुशोचति । त्वं चास्य कतम: सृष्टौ पुरेदानीमत: परम् ॥ २ ॥
ko ’yam syat tava rajendra bhavan yam anusocati tvam casya katamah srstau puredanim atah param
- kah
- who
- ayam
- this
- syat
- is
- tava
- to you
- raja-indra
- O best of kings
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
- yam
- whom
- anusocati
- laments over
- tvam
- you
- ca
- and
- asya
- to him (the dead boy)
- katamah
- who
- srstau
- in the birth
- pura
- previously
- idanim
- at this time, at the present
- atah param
- and hereafter, in the future.
O King, what relationship does the dead body for which you lament have with you, and what relationship do you have with him? You may say that you are now related as father and son, but do you think this relationship existed before? Does it truly exist now? Will it continue in the future?