देहयष्टिमिमां देव धारयन्त इमे वयम् । खिन्नाः खेदे परिम्लानतनौ रामे सुते तव ॥ ८ ॥
dēhayaṣṭimimāṁ dēva dhārayanta imē vayam | khinnāḥ khēdē parimlānatanau rāmē sutē tava || 8 ||
Translation
"Lord, we carry on in these stick-thin bodies, worn out with worry over your son Rāma, whose own body is so wasted.
Word by word
- dēha
- bodies
- yaṣṭim
- stick-thin
- imāṁ
- these
- dēva
- lord
- dhārayanta
- (dhārayantaḥ) carry on
- imē
- these
- vayam
- we
- khinnāḥ
- worn out
- khēdē
- with worry
- parimlāna
- wasted
- tanau
- whose body is
- rāmē
- over Rāma
- sutē
- son
- tava
- your
Meaning
The servants are wasting away out of sympathy, as the brothers did (1.5.9).