षट्पदश्रेणिनयना समाकर्ण्येति बन्धुभिः । सा समाश्वासिताऽऽगत्य पयोभिरिव पद्मिनी ॥ ४ ॥
ṣaṭpadaśrēṇinayanā samākarṇyēti bandhubhiḥ | sā samāśvāsitā’’gatya payōbhiriva padminī || 4 ||
Translation
Hearing this, she whose eyes were like a line of bees was comforted by her kin as they came, like a lotus pond by waters.
Word by word
- ṣaṭpada
- of bees
- śrēṇi
- like a line
- nayanā
- whose eyes were
- samākarṇya
- hearing
- iti
- this
- bandhubhiḥ
- by her kin
- sā
- she
- samāśvāsitā
- was comforted
- āgatya
- as they came
- payōbhir
- (payobhiḥ) by waters
- iva
- like
- padminī
- a lotus pond
Meaning
The commentary: when the kinsmen heard these words of the voice from the sky, they came to Līlā and comforted her, as fresh rain comforts a lotus pond wilting for want of water. Her eyes are dark and restless as bees: the poets' image for beautiful eyes.