सुस्कन्धौघलताजालो हस्तस्तवकसुन्दरः । पवनस्पन्दिताशेषस्वाङ्गावयवपल्लवः ॥ १४ ॥
suskandhaughalatājālō hastastavakasundaraḥ | pavanaspanditāśēṣasvāṅgāvayavapallavaḥ || 14 ||
Translation
its masses of creepers the shoulders, lovely with the clusters of its hands, all its limbs its leaves, trembling in the wind,
Word by word
- su
- fine
- skandha
- the shoulders
- ōgha
- masses of
- latā
- creepers
- jālō
- (jālaḥ) its
- hasta
- of its hands
- stavaka
- with the clusters
- sundaraḥ
- lovely
- pavana
- in the wind
- spandita
- trembling
- aśēṣa
- all
- sva
- its
- aṅga
- limbs
- avayava
- parts
- pallavaḥ
- its leaves
Meaning
The tree's shoulders bear the creepers of its arms; its hands are clusters of blossom; its limbs are leaves, all stirred by the wind, which the commentaries name as prāṇa, the breath. Every movement of the body is a trembling of leaves in that wind. When the wind stops, the leaves are still. The reader may feel their own breath and see how every gesture rides on it.