त्यक्तुं विचक्ष्व पितरं तव शोकतप्तम् ।
अञ्जस्तरेम भवताप्रजदुस्तरं यद्
ध्वान्तं न याह्यकरुणेन यमेन दूरम् ॥५६॥
tvaá¹ tÄta nÄrhasi ca mÄá¹ ká¹›paṇÄm anÄthÄá¹
tyaktuṠvicakṣva pitaraṠtava śoka-taptam
añjas tarema bhavatÄpraja-dustaraá¹ yad
dhvÄntaá¹ na yÄhy akaruṇena yamena dÅ«ram
tvam - you; tÄta - my dear son; na - not; arhasi - ought; ca - and; mÄm - me; ká¹›paṇÄm - very poor; anÄthÄm - without a protector; tyaktum - to give up; vicaká¹£va - look; pitaram - at the father; tava - your; Å›oka-taptam - affected by so much lamentation; añjaḥ - easily; tarema - we can cross; bhavatÄ - by you; apraja-dustaram - very difficult to cross for one without a son; yat - which; dhvÄntam - the kingdom of darkness; na yÄhi - do not go away; akaruṇena - merciless; yamena - with YamarÄja; dÅ«ram - any further.
My dear son, I am helpless and very much aggrieved. You should not give up my company. Just look at your lamenting father. We are helpless because without a son we shall have to suffer the distress of going to the darkest hellish regions. You are the only hope by which we can get out of these dark regions. Therefore I request you not to go any further with the merciless Yama.
According to the Vedic injunctions, one must accept a wife just to beget a son who can deliver one from the clutches of YamarÄja. Unless one has a son to offer oblations to the pitÄs, or forefathers, one must suffer in YamarÄja’s kingdom. King Citraketu was very much aggrieved, thinking that because his son was going away with YamarÄja he himself would again suffer. The subtle laws exist for the karmÄ«s; if one becomes a devotee, he has no more obligations to the laws of karma.
