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वरं पक्षच्छेदः समदमघवन्मुक्तकुलिशप्रहारैरुद्गच्छद्बहुलदहनोद्गारगुरुभिः ।तुषाराद्रेः सूनोरहह पितरि क्लेशविवशेन चासौ सम्पातः पयसी पयसां पत्युरुचितः ॥२८॥varaṃ pakṣacchedaḥ samadamaghavanmuktakuliśaprahārairudgacchadbahuladahanodgāragurubhiḥ |tuṣārādreḥ sūnorahaha pitari kleśavivaśena cāsau sampātaḥ payasī payasāṃ patyurucitaḥ ||28||
Translation
(IS LIFE MORE PRECIOUS THAN CARING FOR THE PARENT?)
It would have been better if ‘Mainaaka’ the son of ‘Himavaan’, had given up his life-forces by the blows dealt out by the arrogant Indra with his ‘Vajra’ weapon, when he (Mainaaka) had annoyed Indra by the loud noises of the fire rising by the constant collision of mountains as he jumped about in the sky. Ah! Ah! It was not the right thing to do that he entered the waters of the ‘Ocean-Lord’ to save his own lives, when his father was withering in pain (by those blows)! ॥ 28 ॥