विषोष्णश्वसनध्वस्तसकलाधरपल्लवा । प्राप सा मरणावस्थां सशल्येव मृगी यथा ॥ ४६ ॥
viṣōṣṇaśvasanadhvastasakalādharapallavā | prāpa sā maraṇāvasthāṁ saśalyēva mṛgī yathā || 46 ||
Translation
Her lip-buds all scorched by breath hot as poison, she came to the state of death, like a doe with an arrow in her.
Word by word
- viṣa
- as poison
- uṣṇa
- hot
- śvasana
- by breath
- dhvasta
- scorched
- sakala
- all
- adhara
- her lip
- pallavā
- buds
- prāpa
- came to
- sā
- she
- maraṇa
- of death
- avasthāṁ
- the state
- saśalyā
- with an arrow in her
- iva
- like
- mṛgī
- a doe
- yathā
- like
Meaning
The commentary: her lips, like tender shoots, were withered by breaths hot as poison; like a doe struck by an arrow, writhing, she came near to death.