कोकिलालिप्रलापिन्यो वृष्टिबाष्पहता लताः । उष्णोष्णश्वसना देहं घ्नन्ति पल्लवपाणिभिः ॥ ३१ ॥
kōkilālipralāpinyō vṛṣṭibāṣpahatā latāḥ | uṣṇōṣṇaśvasanā dēhaṁ ghnanti pallavapāṇibhiḥ || 31 ||
Translation
The creepers, lamenting with cuckoos and bees, struck by the tears of rain, sighing hot breaths, beat their bodies with their hands, the young leaves.
Word by word
- kōkila
- with cuckoos
- ali
- and bees
- pralāpinyō
- (pralāpinyaḥ) lamenting
- vṛṣṭi
- of rain
- bāṣpa
- by the tears
- hatā
- struck
- latāḥ
- the creepers
- uṣṇōṣṇa
- hot
- śvasanā
- sighing breaths
- dēhaṁ
- their bodies
- ghnanti
- beat
- pallava
- the young leaves
- pāṇibhiḥ
- with their hands
Meaning
The creepers mourn like women: the cuckoos and bees are their cries, the rain their tears, and they beat their breasts with their leaves.