वेणुदण्डावृतकरा लीलाकमलधारिणः । दूर्वाङ्कुराक्रान्तशिखाः सचूडामणिमूर्धजाः ॥ १५ ॥
vēṇudaṇḍāvṛtakarā līlākamaladhāriṇaḥ | dūrvāṅkurākrāntaśikhāḥ sacūḍāmaṇimūrdhajāḥ || 15 ||
Translation
Some held bamboo staffs in their hands, some playful lotuses; some had shoots of dūrvā grass on their topknots, some crest-jewels in their hair;
Word by word
- vēṇu
- bamboo
- daṇḍa
- staffs
- āvṛta
- held
- karā
- (karāḥ) in their hands
- līlā
- playful
- kamala
- lotuses
- dhāriṇaḥ
- some held
- dūrvā
- of dūrvā grass
- aṅkura
- shoots
- ākrānta
- had on
- śikhāḥ
- their topknots
- sa
- with
- cūḍāmaṇi
- crest-jewels
- mūrdhajāḥ
- in their hair
Meaning
Verses 15 to 17 describe the variety of the gathering, and the commentary reads them as "some ... others". Staffs of bamboo, the mark of the renunciant; lotuses held in play; dūrvā grass, sacred in worship, tucked into the topknot; crest-jewels, the ornaments of kings. Ascetics and princes, sages of the forest and lords of heaven, are all mixed. The reader may notice that the gathering does not ask anyone to change their dress to belong.