TEXT 14
maitreya uvaca
matuh sapatnyah sa durukti-viddhah
svasan rusa danda-hato yathahih
hitva misantam pitaram sanna-vacam
jagama matuh prarudan sakasam
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvacathe great sage Maitreya said; matuhof his mother; sa-patnyahof the co-wife; sahhe; duruktiharsh words; viddhahbeing pierced by; svasanbreathing very heavily; rusaout of anger; danda-hatahstruck by a stick; yathaas much as; ahiha snake; hitvagiving up; misantamsimply looking over; pitaramhis father; sanna-vacamsilently; jagamawent; matuhto his mother; prarudanweeping; sakasamnear.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, as a snake, when struck by a stick, breathes very heavily, Dhruva Maharaja, having been struck by the strong words of his stepmother, began to breathe very heavily because of great anger. When he saw that his father was silent and did not protest, he immediately left the palace and went to his mother.

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