दृढाखिलार्गलद्वारगवाक्षे दक्षचेतसि । पुष्पप्रकरनिष्ठ्यूतमांसलामोदमन्थरे ॥ २ ॥
dṛḍhākhilārgaladvāragavākṣē dakṣacētasi | puṣpaprakaraniṣṭhyūtamāṁsalāmōdamantharē || 2 ||
Translation
where every door and window was firmly barred, they the clear-minded, in a hall slow and heavy with the rich fragrance breathed out by heaps of flowers,
Word by word
- dṛḍha
- firmly
- akhila
- every
- argala
- barred
- dvāra
- door
- gavākṣē
- and window
- dakṣa
- clear
- cētasi
- minded
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- prakara
- by heaps
- niṣṭhyūta
- breathed out
- māṁsala
- rich
- āmōda
- with the fragrance
- mantharē
- slow and heavy
Meaning
The setting is shut and silent. The doors are barred so that no one will disturb the bodies the two will leave behind. The flowers are those heaped about the king's body, kept fresh by the goddess's boon in 3.15.