अथ तामतिमात्रविह्वलां सकृपाऽऽकाशभवा सरस्वती । शफरीं ह्रदशोषविह्वलां प्रथमा वृष्टिरिवाऽन्वकम्पत ॥ ५० ॥
atha tāmatimātravihvalāṁ sakṛpā’’kāśabhavā sarasvatī | śapharīṁ hradaśōṣavihvalāṁ prathamā vṛṣṭirivā’nvakampata || 50 ||
Translation
Then Sarasvatī, born of space, full of pity, took compassion on her, utterly distraught, as the first rain on a fish distraught as its pool dries.
Word by word
- atha
- then
- tām
- on her
- atimātra
- utterly
- vihvalāṁ
- distraught
- sakṛpā
- full of pity
- ākāśa
- of space
- bhavā
- born
- sarasvatī
- Sarasvatī
- śapharīṁ
- on a fish
- hrada
- its pool
- śōṣa
- as dries
- prathamā
- the first
- vṛṣṭir
- (vṛṣṭiḥ) rain
- iva
- as
- anvakampata
- took compassion
Meaning
The sarga ends in a longer metre. The commentary: then, as the first rain at the end of summer pities a fish distressed by the drying of its pool, so the voice from the sky took pity on the queen, distraught at her husband's death, for she had worshipped her in many births before. Sarasvatī is "born of space", ākāśabhavā: she speaks as a voice from the sky, and the next sarga is her teaching.