प्रविश्याऽन्तःपुरं भर्तुः पार्श्वेऽन्तःपुरमण्डपे । विवेश पुष्पगुप्तस्य चिन्तयामास चेतसा ॥ २ ॥
praviśyā’ntaḥpuraṁ bhartuḥ pārśvē’ntaḥpuramaṇḍapē | vivēśa puṣpaguptasya cintayāmāsa cētasā || 2 ||
Translation
Entering the inner palace, she went to her husband, hidden under flowers, in the inner pavilion, and thought in her mind:
Word by word
- praviśya
- entering
- antaḥpuraṁ
- the inner palace
- bhartuḥ
- her husband
- pārśvē
- to the side
- antaḥpura
- inner
- maṇḍapē
- in the pavilion
- vivēśa
- she went
- puṣpa
- under flowers
- guptasya
- hidden
- cintayāmāsa
- thought
- cētasā
- in her mind
Meaning
The commentary: going into the inner apartments, she came to her husband's body covered with flowers, and thought. The pavilion, the corpse under flowers, and the woman thinking beside it: the scene to which the tale keeps returning.