འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.16

5.16

My limbs weakened, my eyes rolled, and I dreamed my breasts were cut off.
My sons who have gone to play in the forest—is all well with them or not?”

“ ‘As she was thinking in this way, a servant, deeply distressed,³⁹⁰ came and said to the queen, “Your Majesty, the attendants of the princes say that they are searching for the boys, that the lords are lost!”

“ ‘The moment the queen heard that, her heartbeat quivered, and her eyes and face streamed with tears. She went to the king and said, “Your Majesty, I have heard that our beloved sons are lost!”

“ ‘The king’s heart quivered also, and he was very distressed and cried, “Alas! I have lost my beloved sons!”

“ ‘Then the king, in order to reassure the queen, said, “I will diligently search for the boys, so do not distress yourself, Your Majesty.”³⁹¹

“ ‘He then went in search of the boys, with many people busily engaged in it. Before long, the king saw the two princes coming in the distance. When he saw them, he cried out, “Those are the boys coming, but not all of them are there! Oh! It seems we have lost a son!” In suffering, he said:

“ ‘ “The happiness that humans have on obtaining a child
Does not equal the unhappiness from losing a child.
Are not those humans in this world happy who die while
Their sons are alive, or who have not given birth to children?”³⁹²

“ ‘Then the queen, oppressed by misery like a heartbroken she-camel,³⁹³ emitted dreadful cries.

“ ‘ “Thus my three boys, with their servants,
Entered the flower-filled forest,
But my lovely youngest child has not returned!
Where is my youngest son, who is like my own heart?”

“ ‘Then the two princes arrived, and the king questioned them. He asked the two youths, “Where is your youngest brother?”

“ ‘They were so devastated by misery, their eyes filled with tears, and their palates, lips, mouths, and teeth having become dry, that they could not say anything.

“ ‘The queen asked:

“ ‘ “Where is my beloved youngest son?
This heart of mine is about to break,
My body is struck by unendurable pain,