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ŚB 9.10.47

Devanagari

पुत्रान् स्वमातरस्तास्तु प्राणांस्तन्व इवोत्थिता: ।
आरोप्याङ्केऽभिषिञ्चन्त्यो बाष्पौघैर्विजहु: शुच: ॥ ४७ ॥

Text

putrān sva-mātaras tās tu
prāṇāṁs tanva ivotthitāḥ
āropyāṅke ’bhiṣiñcantyo
bāṣpaughair vijahuḥ śucaḥ

Synonyms

putrān — the sons; sva-mātaraḥ — Their mothers; tāḥ — they, headed by Kauśalyā and Kaikeyī; tu — but; prāṇān — life; tanvaḥ — bodies; iva — like; utthitāḥ — arisen; āropya — keeping; aṅke — on the lap; abhiṣiñcantyaḥ — moistening (the bodies of their sons); bāṣpa — by tears; oghaiḥ — continuously pouring; vijahuḥ — gave up; śucaḥ — lamentation due to separation from their sons.

Translation

Upon seeing their sons, the mothers of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna immediately arose, like unconscious bodies returning to consciousness. The mothers placed their sons on their laps and bathed Them with tears, thus relieving themselves of the grief of long separation.