भविष्यन्नगरोद्यानप्रसूवन्ध्यामलाङ्गिका । तस्या जिह्वोच्यमानोग्रकथार्थानुभवोपमा ॥ ३७ ॥
bhaviṣyannagarōdyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā | tasyā jihvōcyamānōgrakathārthānubhavōpamā || 37 ||
Translation
like a barren woman, fair of body, giving birth in the garden of a city yet to be built, and like hearing from her tongue the fierce story of her son's deeds,
Word by word
- bhaviṣyan
- (bhaviṣyat) yet to be built
- nagara
- of a city
- udyāna
- in the garden
- prasū
- giving birth
- vandhyā
- a barren woman
- amala
- fair
- aṅgikā
- of body
- tasyā
- (tasyāḥ) her
- jihvā
- by the tongue
- ucyamāna
- told
- ugra
- fierce
- kathā
- of a story
- artha
- the meaning
- anubhava
- the experience
- upamā
- like
Meaning
Two impossible things in one picture: the son of a barren woman, born in a garden that does not yet exist. The son of a barren woman is the stock example of what cannot be. Even so, the story of his feats is told and felt. The commentary takes the experience as that of a heroic tale told by such a mother.