tasya = him; aham = I; karuṇam = piteously; śrutvā = upon hearing; niśi = that night; lālapataḥ = who was talking; bahu = very; sambhrāntaḥ = became bewildered and; śoka-vegena = by the force of sorrow; bhṛśam = completely; āsam vicetanaḥ = lost sense [of what to do].