प्रभ्रमत्केतकीव्यूहा प्रस्फुरत्कैरवोत्करा । प्रपतत्कुन्दवलया चलत्कुवलयालया ॥ १९ ॥
prabhramatkētakīvyūhā prasphuratkairavōtkarā | prapatatkundavalayā calatkuvalayālayā || 19 ||
Translation
masses of ketakī flowers whirled in it, clusters of white lilies glistened, rings of jasmine fell, and blue water-lilies tossed in it as in their home;
Word by word
- prabhramat
- whirled
- kētakī
- of ketakī flowers
- vyūhā
- masses
- prasphurat
- glistened
- kairava
- of white lilies
- utkarā
- clusters
- prapatat
- fell
- kunda
- of jasmine
- valayā
- rings
- calat
- tossed
- kuvalaya
- blue water-lilies
- ālayā
- as in their home
Meaning
Four flowers, each in motion: the ketakī whirling, the kairava (white night-lily) shining, the kunda (jasmine) falling in circles, the kuvalaya (blue lily) tossing. The commentary: here ketakīs, there white lotuses, there much jasmine, there only blue lilies. The variety is part of the gift; this is not one flower repeated but every kind at once. The reader who has walked through a garden in bloom may remember the moment when the eye stops trying to take it all in.