Shloka 38
सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्
The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin
खूनसे लथपथ हुए उस बालकको गोदमें लेकर व्यथितचित्त हुए राजा सूंजय व्याकुल होकर विलाप करने लगे ।। ततस्ता मातरस्तस्य रुदत्य: शोककर्शिता: । अभ्यधावन्त तं॑ देशं यत्र राजा स सूंजय:
tatas tā mātaraḥ tasya rudatyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ | abhyadhāvanta taṃ deśaṃ yatra rājā sa sūñjayaḥ ||
苏尼阇耶王心如刀割，将那浑身血污的孩童抱在膝上，惊惶失措，放声哀号。随即，那孩子的诸位母亲哭泣不止，被悲痛摧折，疾奔而来，直赴苏尼阇耶王所在之处。
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the communal nature of suffering: grief spreads through relationships, reminding a ruler and household alike of the ethical gravity of harm and the need for compassion and restraint.
After the boy’s death (implied by the surrounding narration), his mothers—overcome with sorrow—rush to the location where King Sūñjaya is, drawn by the crisis and the king’s lament.