Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent SonText 2.63.42
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent Son
Text 2.63.42
तौ कथं दुर्बलावन्धौ मत्प्रतीक्षौ पिपासितौ।
चिरमाशाकृतां तृष्णां कष्टां सन्धारयिष्यतः॥
tau kathaṁ durbalāv andhau mat-pratīkṣau pipāsitau
ciram āśā-kṛtāṁ tṛṣṇām kaṣṭāṁ sandhārayiṣyataḥ
tau = they are; katham = how will; durbalau = weak; andhau = and old; mat-pratīkṣau = they are waiting for me; pipāsitau ciram = holding their thirst for a long time; āśā-kṛtām = hoping that their son will bring them water]; tṛṣṇām = thirst; kaṣṭām = their intolerable; sandhārayiṣyataḥ = they tolerate.
They are weak and old. They are waiting for me, holding their thirst for a long time, hoping that their son will bring them water. How will they tolerate their intolerable thirst?