न गृहीतो मया यत्त्वं कुक्षावपि नृपात्मजः ॥११॥
na vatsa ná¹›pater dhiṣṇyaá¹
bhavÄn Äroá¸hum arhati
na gá¹›hÄ«to mayÄ yat tvaá¹
kuká¹£Äv api ná¹›pÄtmajaḥ
na - not; vatsa - my dear child; ná¹›pateḥ - of the King; dhiṣṇyam - seat; bhavÄn - yourself; Äroá¸hum - to get on; arhati - deserve; na - not; gá¹›hÄ«taḥ - taken; mayÄ - by me; yat - because; tvam - you; kuká¹£au - in the womb; api - although; ná¹›pa-Ätmajaḥ - son of the King.
Queen Suruci told Dhruva MahÄrÄja: My dear child, you do not deserve to sit on the throne or on the lap of the King. Surely you are also the son of the King, but because you did not take your birth from my womb, you are not qualified to sit on your father’s lap.
Queen Suruci very proudly informed Dhruva MahÄrÄja that to be the King’s son was not the qualification for sitting on the lap or throne of the King. Rather, this privilege was dependent on one’s having taken birth from her womb. In other words, she indirectly informed Dhruva MahÄrÄja that although he happened to be born of the King, he was considered an illegitimate son because of his birth from the womb of the other queen.
