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Chapter 5.40 - Verse 14

Sanskrit Text

मृतं पुत्रं दुःखपुष्टं मनुष्या; उत्क्षिप्य राजन्स्वगृहान्निर्हरन्ति तं मुक्तकेशाः करुणं रुदन्त;श्चितामध्ये काष्ठमिव क्षिपन्ति

English Translation

Men after having taken away a dead son tended with greatest care, O king, set out from their own houses; and with the hair hanging loose they mourn for him piteously and then throw him into the funeral pyre like a piece of wood.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

मृतं | पुत्रं | दुःख + पुष् | मनुष्या | उत्क्षिप्य | राजन् | स्व + गृह + निर्हृ
तं | मुक्तकेशाः | करुणं | रुदन्तश् | चिता + मध्ये | काष्ठम् | इव | क्षिपन्ति