तत्र ह प्रेतबन्धूनामाश्रुत्य परिदेवितम् । आह तान् बालको भूत्वा यम: स्वयमुपागत: ॥ ३६ ॥
tatra ha preta-bandhunam asrutya paridevitam aha tan balako bhutva yamah svayam upagatah
- tatra
- there
- ha
- certainly
- preta-bandhunam
- of the friends and relatives of the dead King
- asrutya
- hearing
- paridevitam
- the loud lamentation (so loud that it could be heard from the plane of Yamaraja)
- aha
- said
- tan
- unto them (the lamenting queens)
- balakah
- a boy
- bhutva
- becoming
- yamah
- Yamaraja, the superintendent of death
- svayam
- personally
- upagatah
- after coming.
While the queens were lamenting for the dead body of the King, their loud cries were heard even from the abode of Yamaraja. Assuming the body of a boy, Yamaraja personally approached the relatives of the dead body and advised them as follows.