निर्गतः स्वपुरात् पौरैस्तूर्यघोषेण वादितः । पीयमानः पुरस्त्रीणां नेत्रैर्भृङ्गौघभङ्गुरैः ॥ २८ ॥
nirgataḥ svapurāt pauraistūryaghōṣēṇa vāditaḥ | pīyamānaḥ purastrīṇāṁ nētrairbhṛṅgaughabhaṅguraiḥ || 28 ||
Translation
Leaving his city, greeted by the citizens with the sound of trumpets, he was drunk in by the eyes of the city's women, dark and darting like swarms of bees.
Word by word
- nirgataḥ
- leaving
- sva
- his
- purāt
- city
- paurais
- (pauraiḥ) by the citizens
- tūrya
- of trumpets
- ghōṣēṇa
- with the sound
- vāditaḥ
- greeted
- pīyamānaḥ
- he was drunk in
- pura
- of the city
- strīṇāṁ
- of the women
- nētrair
- (netraiḥ) by the eyes
- bhṛṅga
- of bees
- augha
- (ogha) like swarms
- bhaṅguraiḥ
- darting
Meaning
Bees are drawn to a lotus and cannot leave it; so the women's eyes are drawn to Rāma. The comparison gives the eyes both their darkness and their restless movement.