suyajña iti viśrutaḥ

uśīnareṣv abhūd rājā

suyajña iti viśrutaḥ

sapatnair nihato yuddhe

jñātayas tam upāsata

In Uśīnara there was a famous king named Suyajña. He was killed during war by enemies. The relatives sat around his dead body.

|| 7.2.29-31 ||

viśīrṇa-ratna-kavacaṁ

vibhraṣṭābharaṇa-srajam

śara-nirbhinna-hṛdayaṁ

śayānam asṛg-āvilam

prakīrṇa-keśaṁ dhvastākṣaṁ

rabhasā daṣṭa-dacchadam

rajaḥ-kuṇṭha-mukhāmbhojaṁ

chinnāyudha-bhujaṁ mṛdhe

uśīnarendraṁ vidhinā tathā kṛtaṁ

patiṁ mahiṣyaḥ prasamīkṣya duḥkhitāḥ

hatāḥ sma nātheti karair uro bhṛśaṁ

ghnantyo muhus tat-padayor upāpatan

When the queens saw their husband, King of Uśīnara, killed by fate, biting his lips in anger, his bejeweled armor smashed, his ornaments and garlands fallen from their places, his heart pierced by arrows, body smeared with blood, his hair scattered and his eyes lusterless, his lotus face covered with dust, his arms and weapons broken, they began to lament. "O lord, now that you have been killed, we also have been killed." They fell down at the feet of the dead King, pounding their breasts repeatedly.

The King had bitten his lip in anger (rabhasā), while fighting, and at that moment he had been hit by the weapon of the enemy. He died in that condition.

 

|| 7.2.32 ||

rudatya uccair dayitāṅghri-paṅkajaṁ

siñcantya asraiḥ kuca-kuṅkumāruṇaiḥ

visrasta-keśābharaṇāḥ śucaṁ nṛṇāṁ

sṛjantya ākrandanayā vilepire

As the queens loudly cried, their tears, reddened by kuṅkuma powder on their breasts, moistened the lotus feet of their husband. With their hair and ornaments in disarray, causing grief in all people, they lamented by crying.

|| 7.2.33 ||

aho vidhātrākaruṇena naḥ prabho