अद्य त्वतितरां ब्रह्मन् मम भाग्यविपर्ययात् । हिमेनेव हि पद्माभः संपन्नो हरिणः कृशः ॥ १० ॥
adya tvatitarāṁ brahman mama bhāgyaviparyayāt | himēnēva hi padmābhaḥ saṁpannō hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ || 10 ||
Translation
"And today, O brahmin, by the turn of my fortune, he has become pale and thin, like a lotus struck by frost.
Word by word
- adya
- today
- tu
- and
- atitarāṁ
- all the more
- brahman
- (brahman) O brahmin
- mama
- my
- bhāgya
- of fortune
- viparyayāt
- by the turn
- himēna
- by frost
- iva
- like
- hi
- indeed
- padma
- a lotus
- ābhaḥ
- like
- saṁpannō
- (sampannaḥ) he has become
- hariṇaḥ
- pale
- kṛśaḥ
- thin
Meaning
Now the deeper reason comes out. The boy is not only young; he is ill with the sorrow told in sarga 5. The image of the frost-bitten lotus picks up the faded lotus of 1.5.5.