कार्श्यमाप क्षणेनाऽसौ बाला विरसतां गता । यथा स्रोतस्विनी स्रोतःक्षये क्षारविधूसरा ॥ ४८ ॥
kārśyamāpa kṣaṇēnā’sau bālā virasatāṁ gatā | yathā srōtasvinī srōtaḥkṣayē kṣāravidhūsarā || 48 ||
Translation
In a moment that young woman grew thin and lost all savour, like a river, its current dried up, grey with salt.
Word by word
- kārśyam
- thinness
- āpa
- grew
- kṣaṇēna
- in a moment
- asau
- that
- bālā
- young woman
- virasatāṁ
- all savour
- gatā
- lost
- yathā
- like
- srōtasvinī
- a river
- srōtaḥ
- its current
- kṣayē
- dried up
- kṣāra
- with salt
- vidhūsarā
- grey
Meaning
The commentary: as a river, when its flow dries, becomes thin and grey with salty dust, so, her husband gone, the beautiful woman lost her glow and in a moment grew thin.