tatra-there; ha-certainly; preta-bandhunam-of the friends and relatives of the dead King; asrutya-hearing; paridevitam-the loud lamentation (so loud that it could be heard from the planet of Yamaraja); aha-said; tan-unto them (the lamenting queens); balakah-a boy; bhutva-becoming; yamah-Yamaraja, the superintendent of death; svayam-personally; upagatah-after coming.