धारागृहधिया धीरगङ्गानिर्झरधारिणि । श्रेमतुर्वातविक्षुब्धमेघमण्डलमण्डपे ॥ ८ ॥
dhārāgṛhadhiyā dhīragaṅgānirjharadhāriṇi | śrēmaturvātavikṣubdhamēghamaṇḍalamaṇḍapē || 8 ||
Translation
They rested in a pavilion of clouds stirred by the wind, which bore the steady falls of the Gaṅgā, taking it for a house of showers.
Word by word
- dhārā
- of showers
- gṛha
- a house
- dhiyā
- taking it for
- dhīra
- steady
- gaṅgā
- of the Gaṅgā
- nirjhara
- the falls
- dhāriṇi
- which bore
- śrēmatur
- (śremātuḥ) they rested
- vāta
- by the wind
- vikṣubdha
- stirred
- mēgha
- of clouds
- maṇḍala
- a ring
- maṇḍapē
- in a pavilion
Meaning
A "house of showers" (dhārāgṛha) is a summer pavilion with fountains. The heavenly Gaṅgā falling through wind-tossed clouds serves the two as one.