Gopalacampu 1.8.80

1.8.80

[52] sa tu pitaram anuvindamānam anucakranda | [53] pitā cāntaḥ-sambhrāntaḥ sann api tasya sāntvanāya mukha-mātraṃ hasita-pātram ācarann acirād eva taṃ vipāśayāmāsa | [54] sa-rodana-vadanaṃ vadanaṃ cumban vidann api muhuḥ papraccha ca, putra, kutratyaḥ sa khalu khala-buddhir yena colūkhale nirbandha-janita-baddhas tvam asi? iti |

[52] He, however, cried out to his father who was approaching him. [53] And the father, though agitated within, made his face alone an object of smiling in order to soothe him, and promptly untied him. [54] Kissing his face which wore a tearful expression, though he knew, he asked repeatedly: "Son, of what place is that wicked-minded person by whom you have been tied so stubbornly to the mortar?"