न रात्रौ लभते निद्रां सा राज्ञी विपुलव्यथा । स्वपुत्रस्य च दुःखेन दुःखिता नितरां कृशा
na rātrau labhate nidrāṃ sā rājñī vipulavyathā | svaputrasya ca duḥkhena duḥkhitā nitarāṃ kṛśā
अत्यधिक पीड़ा से व्याकुल वह रानी रात में नींद न पा सकी; पुत्र के दुःख से दुःखित होकर वह अत्यंत कृश हो गई।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Scene: Night scene: the queen sits awake, gaunt and pained, listening to her child’s cries; oil lamp flickers, shadows lengthen.
Compassion binds hearts; another’s pain becomes one’s own—Purāṇas use such scenes to awaken empathy and dharmic responsibility.
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