यदि त्वं न क्षमो राजन् गमिष्यामि यथागतम् । हीनप्रतिज्ञः काकुत्स्थ सुखी भव सबान्धवः ॥ ४ ॥
yadi tvaṁ na kṣamō rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam | hīnapratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ || 4 ||
Translation
"If you are not equal to it, O king, I will go as I came. Live happily with your kin, Kakutstha, your promise broken."
Word by word
- yadi
- if
- tvaṁ
- you
- na
- not
- kṣamō
- (kṣamaḥ) equal to it
- rājan
- O king
- gamiṣyāmi
- I will go
- yathā
- as
- āgatam
- I came
- hīna
- broken
- pratijñaḥ
- your promise
- kākutstha
- Kakutstha
- sukhī
- happily
- bhava
- live
- sa
- with
- bāndhavaḥ
- your kin
Meaning
The last words are bitter: "happily", with a broken promise.