tatha api -- nevertheless; sunrita -- pleasing words; saumya -- O gentle one; hridi -- in my heart; na sthiyate -- do not remain steady; cale -- which is unsteady; putra -- for my sons; anuraga -- by affection; vishame -- prejudiced; vidyut -- lightning; saudamani -- in a cloud; yatha -- as.

Even so, gentle Akrura, because my unsteady heart is prejudiced by affection for my sons, these pleasing words of yours cannot remain fixed there, just as lightning cannot remain fixed in a cloud.