नयन्ति पाण्डुतां वक्त्रमाकुलावकरोत्कटाः । आरोहन्ति परां कोटिं रूक्षा यौवनपांसवः ॥ २८ ॥
nayanti pāṇḍutāṁ vaktramākulāvakarōtkaṭāḥ | ārōhanti parāṁ kōṭiṁ rūkṣā yauvanapāṁsavaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
The rough dusts of youth, thick with stirred-up rubbish, make the face pale and rise to the highest point.
Word by word
- nayanti
- make
- pāṇḍutāṁ
- pale
- vaktram
- the face
- ākula
- stirred-up
- avakara
- with rubbish
- utkaṭāḥ
- thick
- ārōhanti
- rise
- parāṁ
- to the highest
- kōṭiṁ
- point
- rūkṣā
- (rūkṣāḥ) rough
- yauvana
- of youth
- pāṁsavaḥ
- the dusts
Meaning
The storm continues. The dust of youth is full of sweepings, the restless senses and their objects; it climbs high into the sky, the commentary says, the highest pitch of faults; and it turns the face pale, as dust does, and as dissipation does. The reader may remember faces in youth made pale by excess, and see the dust storm.