पवनस्पन्दतरलः पेलवः कायपल्लवः । जर्जरस्तनुवृत्तश्च नेष्टो मे कटुनीरसः ॥ ४१ ॥
pavanaspandataralaḥ pēlavaḥ kāyapallavaḥ | jarjarastanuvṛttaśca nēṣṭō mē kaṭunīrasaḥ || 41 ||
Translation
Tossed by the wind's motion, frail, the leaf of the body, worn and thin-natured, bitter and sapless, is not wanted by me.
Word by word
- pavana
- the wind's
- spanda
- by motion
- taralaḥ
- tossed
- pēlavaḥ
- frail
- kāya
- of the body
- pallavaḥ
- the leaf
- jarjaras
- (jarjaraḥ) worn
- tanu
- thin
- vṛttaś
- (vṛttaḥ) natured
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- iṣṭō
- (iṣṭaḥ) wanted
- mē
- by me
- kaṭu
- bitter
- nīrasaḥ
- and sapless
Meaning
The body is now a single leaf: shaken by the wind of the breath, delicate, worn through by the many thorns of pain of mind and body, as the commentary says, of a small and mean nature, bitter and dry. A leaf in autumn hangs by little. The verse is quiet after the vow of the last one: Rāma does not want this leaf, and says so simply.