क्षिप्रमाक्रन्दिनी क्षिप्रं मौनमूका वियोगिनी । बभूव चक्रवाकीव मानिनी मरणोन्मुखी ॥ ४९ ॥
kṣipramākrandinī kṣipraṁ maunamūkā viyōginī | babhūva cakravākīva māninī maraṇōnmukhī || 49 ||
Translation
One moment wailing, the next dumb with silence, parted from him, the proud lady became like a cakravākī bird, turned towards death.
Word by word
- kṣipram
- one moment
- ākrandinī
- wailing
- kṣipraṁ
- the next
- mauna
- with silence
- mūkā
- dumb
- viyōginī
- parted from him
- babhūva
- became
- cakravākī
- a cakravākī bird
- iva
- like
- māninī
- the proud lady
- maraṇa
- towards death
- unmukhī
- turned
Meaning
The commentary: she who had always honoured her husband, now ready to die with him, parted from him, was like a cakravākī, wailing one moment and mute the next. The cakravāka pair are the poets' birds of love, said to be parted each night and to cry for each other across the water.