Devanagari
तं विचक्ष्य खलं पुत्रं शासनैर्विविधैर्नृप: ।
यदा न शासितुं कल्पो भृशमासीत्सुदुर्मना: ॥ ४२ ॥
Verse text
taṁ vicakṣya khalaṁ putraṁ
śāsanair vividhair nṛpaḥ
yadā na śāsituṁ kalpo
bhṛśam āsīt sudurmanāḥ
Synonyms
tam
—
him
;
vicakṣya
—
observing
;
khalam
—
cruel
;
putram
—
son
;
śāsanaiḥ
—
by punishments
;
vividhaiḥ
—
different kinds of
;
nṛpaḥ
—
the King
;
yadā
—
when
;
na
—
not
;
śāsitum
—
to bring under control
;
kalpaḥ
—
was able
;
bhṛśam
—
greatly
;
āsīt
—
became
;
su
—
durmanāḥ — aggrieved .
Translation
After seeing the cruel and merciless behavior of his son, Vena, King Aṅga punished him in different ways to reform him, but was unable to bring him to the path of gentleness. He thus became greatly aggrieved.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When the King, observing his cruel son, could not correct him by various punishments, he became greatly depressed.