The hope entertained by a father who has only one son, of once more seeing him after he has been lost or missed, is slenderer than even my body.
एकपुत्रः पिता पुत्रे नष्टे वा प्रोषितेऽपि वा। प्रवृत्तिं यो न जानाति साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया॥