एष मे ज्येष्ठशर्माख्यः पुत्रो रोदिति मन्दिरे । एषा मे जङ्गले धेनुर्दोग्ध्री चरति शाद्वलम् ॥ २१ ॥
ēṣa mē jyēṣṭhaśarmākhyaḥ putrō rōditi mandirē | ēṣā mē jaṅgalē dhēnurdōgdhrī carati śādvalam || 21 ||
Translation
This is my son, named Jyeṣṭhaśarman, weeping in the house; this is my milch cow, grazing the grass in the wild.
Word by word
- ēṣa
- this is
- mē
- my
- jyēṣṭhaśarma
- Jyeṣṭhaśarman
- ākhyaḥ
- named
- putrō
- son
- rōditi
- weeping
- mandirē
- in the house
- ēṣā
- this is
- jaṅgalē
- in the wild
- dhēnur
- (dhenuḥ) cow
- dōgdhrī
- milch
- carati
- grazing
- śādvalam
- the grass
Meaning
The son weeps; the cow grazes. Grief and the ordinary go on side by side in the house of the dead.