नाहं तनूज ददृशे हतमङ्गला ते
मुग्धस्मितं मुदितवीक्षणमाननाब्जम् ।
किं वा गतोऽस्यपुनरन्वयमन्यलोकं
नीतोऽघृणेन न शृणोमि कला गिरस्ते ॥५८॥

nāhaṁ tanūja dadṛśe hata-maṅgalā te
mugdha-smitaṁ mudita-vīkṣaṇam ānanābjam
kiṁ vā gato 'sy apunar-anvayam anya-lokaṁ
nīto 'ghṛṇena na śṛṇomi kalā giras te

 na - not; aham - I; tanū-ja - my dear son (born of my body); dadṛśe - saw; hata-maṅgalā - because of my being the most unfortunate; te - your; mugdha-smitam - with charming smiling; mudita-vīkṣaṇam - with closed eyes; ānana-abjam - lotus face; kiṁ vā - whether; gataḥ - gone away; asi - you are; a-punaḥ-anvayam - from which one does not return; anya-lokam - to another planet, or the planet of Yamarāja; nītaḥ - having been taken away; aghṛṇena - by the cruel Yamarāja; na - not; śṛṇomi - I can hear; kalāḥ - very pleasing; giraḥ - utterances; te - your.


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My dear son, I am certainly most unfortunate, for I can no longer see your mild smiling. You have closed your eyes forever. I therefore conclude that you have been taken from this planet to another, from which you will not return. My dear son, I can no longer hear your pleasing voice.

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