Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent SonText 2.63.33
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent Son
Text 2.63.33
तदेतन्मिथुनं वृद्धं चिरकालभृतं मया।
मयि पञ्चत्वमापन्ने कां वृत्तिं वर्तयिष्यति॥
tad etan mithunaṁ vṛddham cira-kāla-bhṛtaṁ mayā
mayi pañcatvam āpanne kāṁ vṛttiṁ vartayiṣyati
tat etat = this; mithunam = couple; vṛddham = elderly; cira-kāla-bhṛtam = taken care for a long time; mayā = whom I have; mayi pañcatvam āpanne = when I die; kām vṛttim vartayiṣyati = how will subsist.
“How will this elderly couple whom I have take care of for a long time subsist when I die?