[1224] His heart was in pain (dukkha), and he breathed hot sighs;
his eyes coppery-red like (the star) Rohiṇī, the father shed tears.
[Page apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition, printed at the foot of the page (the footnote lines fall between the two half-verses at the page break; they are gathered here after the verse):
¹ Ma. (Burmese edition): "kena vā vācapeyyena".
² Sī. (Sinhalese edition), Yu. (European edition): natthi — the reading is absent.
³ Ma.: "na ca nindāma puttakā".
⁴ "Ayaṃ gāthā aṭṭhakathāpotthakeyeva dissati" — This verse is found only in the book of the commentary (aṭṭhakathā).]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.