सा तस्य ब्राह्मणी भार्या शोकेनाऽत्यन्तकर्शिता । शुष्केव माषशिम्बीका हृदयेन द्विधाऽभवत् ॥ २५ ॥
sā tasya brāhmaṇī bhāryā śōkēnā’tyantakarśitā | śuṣkēva māṣaśimbīkā hṛdayēna dvidhā’bhavat || 25 ||
Translation
his wife, the brahmin woman, wasted utterly by grief, broke in two at the heart, like a dried bean-pod.
Word by word
- sā
- she
- tasya
- his
- brāhmaṇī
- the brahmin woman
- bhāryā
- wife
- śōkēna
- by grief
- atyanta
- utterly
- karśitā
- wasted
- śuṣkā
- a dried
- iva
- like
- māṣa
- bean
- śimbīkā
- pod
- hṛdayēna
- at the heart
- dvidhā
- in two
- abhavat
- broke
Meaning
The commentary: his wife, worn by sorrow, broke in two at the heart like a dry pod of urad bean. A dried pod splits along its seam: the image is homely and exact.