पतिं संस्थाप्य तत्रैव पुष्पपूरप्रगोपितम् । किञ्चिदाश्वासिताऽतिष्ठद्दरिद्रेव निधानिनी ॥ ५ ॥
patiṁ saṁsthāpya tatraiva puṣpapūrapragōpitam | kiñcidāśvāsitā’tiṣṭhaddaridrēva nidhāninī || 5 ||
Translation
Laying her husband there, hidden under a mass of flowers, she stayed, a little comforted, like a poor woman who owns a treasure.
Word by word
- patiṁ
- her husband
- saṁsthāpya
- laying
- tatra
- there
- ēva
- just
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- pūra
- under a mass
- pragōpitam
- hidden
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) a little
- āśvāsitā
- comforted
- atiṣṭhad
- (atiṣṭhat) she stayed
- daridrā
- a poor woman
- iva
- like
- nidhāninī
- who owns a treasure
Meaning
The commentary: keeping her husband's body in the inner apartments, covered with flowers, she stayed a little consoled, yet deprived of the enjoyment of her treasure, like a poor woman who owns a buried hoard: she has it but cannot use it. The body is there; the husband is not.