आर्द्रकुङ्कुमकर्पूरताम्बूलीदलचर्वणैः । फुल्लपुष्पलतागुञ्जादेहगोपनखव्रणैः ॥ १३ ॥
ārdrakuṅkumakarpūratāmbūlīdalacarvaṇaiḥ | phullapuṣpalatāguñjādēhagōpanakhavraṇaiḥ || 13 ||
Translation
with chewing betel leaves with fresh saffron and camphor; with nail-marks on bodies hidden by full-blown flowers, creepers and guñjā berries;
Word by word
- ārdra
- fresh
- kuṅkuma
- with saffron
- karpūra
- and camphor
- tāmbūlī
- of betel
- dala
- leaves
- carvaṇaiḥ
- with chewing
- phulla
- full-blown
- puṣpa
- flowers
- latā
- creepers
- guñjā
- and guñjā berries
- dēha
- bodies
- gōpana
- hidden
- nakha
- nail
- vraṇaiḥ
- with marks
Meaning
The commentary: with chewing betel prepared with fresh saffron and camphor, with flowers, creepers and guñjā berries that cover the body, and with the marks of nails. Love's marks are hidden under flowers: the poem is frank about the pleasures, as it must be, for the sarga's lesson is about them.