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वधमप्रतिरूपं तु महर्षेस्तस्य राघवः । विलपन्नेव धर्मात्मा कौसल्यां पुनरब्रवीत् ॥ २-६४-१
Grieving for having unfairly killed the great sage the rightenous descendant of the Raghus (Dasaratha) continued to tell Kausalya about it [2-64-1]
english translation
तदज्ञानान्महत्पापं कृत्वाहं सङ्कुलेन्द्रियः । एकस्त्वचिन्तयं बुध्या कथं नु सुकृतं भवेत् ॥ २-६४-२
- 'Having committed the sin unwittingly, I was greatly agitated. I reflected in my mind as to how to atone for this great sin. [2-64-2]
english translation
ततस्तं घटमादाय पूर्णं परमवारिणा । आश्रमं तमहं प्राप्य यथाऽख्यातपथं गतः ॥ २-६४-३
Holding the pot filled with clean water I reached the hermitage following the path as directed. [2-64-3]
english translation
तत्राहं दुर्बलावन्धौ वृद्धावपरिणायकौ । अपश्यं तस्य पितरौ लूनपक्षाविव द्विजौ ॥ २-६४-४
There I found his weak, blind, old parents. With no supporter, they looked like birds with clipped wings. [2-64-4]
english translation
तन्निमित्ताभिरासीनौ कथाभिरपरिश्रमौ । तामाशां मत्कृते हीनावुदासीनावनाथवत् ॥ २-६४-५
They sat there helplessly like orphans and passively talking about their son, their only hope that I have deprived them of. [2-64-5]
english translation