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Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Verse 37 of 60
SB 6.14.37

मातुस्त्वतितरां पुत्रे स्नेहो मोहसमुद्भवः कृतद्युतेः सपत्नीनां प्रजाकामज्वरो ऽभवत्

mātus tv atitarāṁ putre sneho moha-samudbhavaḥ kṛtadyuteḥ sapatnīnāṁ prajā-kāma-jvaro 'bhavat

Synonyms

mātuḥ—of the mother; tu—also; atitarām—excessively; putre—for the son; snehaḥ—affection; moha—out of ignorance; samudbhavaḥ—produced; kṛtadyuteḥ—of Kṛtadyuti; sapatnīnām—of the co-wives; prajā-kāma—of a desire to have sons; jvaraḥ—a fever; abhavat—there was..

Translation

The mother's attraction and attention to the son, like that of the child's father, excessively increased. The other wives, seeing Kṛtadyuti's son, were very much agitated, as if by high fevers, with a desire to have sons.

Verse 37 of 60