[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Early Hindi literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi) › [Histories, biographies and hagiographies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa) › [Ardhakathānak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt) › 194 # Ardhakathanak 194 English (machine translation) 194 - **Language:** English ### [194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.194) Arriving, he grasped his father's feet; / his mother beat her breast and wept, / seeing the condition of her son, / like a bird in moult. - [Previous: 193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.193) - [Next: 195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.195) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ardhakathānak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.194) — Banārasīdās 1641, Braj Bhāṣā --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.194) · Pramāṇa