वृद्धावनाथौ पितरौ नान्यबन्धू तपस्विनौ । अहो मयाधुना त्यक्तावकृतज्ञेन नीचवत् ॥ २८ ॥
vrddhav anathau pitarau nanya-bandhu tapasvinau aho mayadhuna tyaktav akrtajnena nicavat
- vrddhau
- old
- anathau
- who had no other person to look after their comforts
- pitarau
- my father and mother
- na anya-bandhu
- who had no other friend
- tapasvinau
- who underwent great difficulties
- aho
- alas
- maya
- by me
- adhuna
- at that moment
- tyaktau
- were given up
- akrta-jnena
- ungrateful
- nica-vat
- like the most abominable low-class person.
My father and mother were old and had no other son or friend to look after them. Because I did not take care of them, they lived with great difficulty. Alas, like an abominable lower-class man, I ungratefully left them in that condition.