Verse 52·VR 2.20.52

इदम् तु दुःखम् यद् अनर्थकानि मे| व्रतानि दानानि च सम्यमाः च हि | तपः च तप्तम् यद् अपत्य कारणात् | सुनिष्फलम् बीजम् इव उप्तम् ऊषरे || २-२०-५२

yadi hi akaale maraNam svayaa icchayaa | labheta kashcit guru duHkha karshitaH | gataa aham adya eva pareta sa.nsadam | vinaa tvayaa dhenur iva aatmajena vai || 2-20-53

Translation

"I feel bad since all my religious vows, charities, restraints have all gone waste.The austerity I performed for the sake of of -spring has gone in vain, as a seed sown in a saline soil."

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Kausalya's Grief

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