कान्तामध्यगतस्याऽपि मनोऽस्य मदनेषवः । न भेदयन्ति दुर्भेद्यं धारा इव महोपलम् ॥ ३६ ॥
kāntāmadhyagatasyā’pi manō’sya madanēṣavaḥ | na bhēdayanti durbhēdyaṁ dhārā iva mahōpalam || 36 ||
Translation
"Even when he is among lovely women, the arrows of Love do not pierce his mind, which cannot be pierced, as rain does not pierce a great rock.
Word by word
- kāntā
- lovely women
- madhya
- among
- gatasya
- when he is
- api
- even
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- asya
- his
- madana
- of Love
- iṣavaḥ
- the arrows
- na
- not
- bhēdayanti
- pierce
- durbhēdyaṁ
- which cannot be pierced
- dhārā
- (dhārāḥ) rain
- iva
- as
- mahā
- a great
- upalam
- rock
Meaning
Madana, Love, shoots his arrows at the heart. Rāma's mind turns them aside like a rock under rain.