आसन्नमरणस्याऽथ भार्या म्लानिमुपाययौ । तस्य शाम्यति पुष्पर्तौ लतेव ग्रीष्मभीतितः ॥ १६ ॥
āsannamaraṇasyā’tha bhāryā mlānimupāyayau | tasya śāmyati puṣpartau latēva grīṣmabhītitaḥ || 16 ||
Translation
Then, as his death drew near, his wife grew faint, like a creeper at the end of the flower season, afraid of summer.
Word by word
- āsanna
- drew near
- maraṇasya
- as his death
- atha
- then
- bhāryā
- his wife
- mlānim
- faint
- upāyayau
- grew
- tasya
- his
- śāmyati
- at the end
- puṣpa
- of the flower
- ṛtau
- season
- latā
- a creeper
- iva
- like
- grīṣma
- of summer
- bhītitaḥ
- afraid
Meaning
The commentary: as a creeper withers when spring ends, for fear of the fierce heat of summer, so when his death drew near his wife was greatly distressed.