Chapter 3 · Verse 25

हृदालीढं सुतं चासौ मोक्तुं प्राण इवाशयी । शक्रोतिस्म निधिं प्राप्य कदर्य इव तत्पिता ॥ २५॥

IAST

hṛdālīḍhaṃ sutaṃ cāsau moktuṃ prāṇa ivāśayī | śakrotisma nidhiṃ prāpya kadarya iva tatpitā || 25||

English

The father could not release the son clasped to his heart, lodged there like his very life—like a miser who has at last obtained a treasure.