आत्मानं शतधा कर्तुं बृहच्छ्वभ्रशिलातले । निर्झराः प्रपतन्त्येते तापतप्तशरीरकाः ॥ ३२ ॥
ātmānaṁ śatadhā kartuṁ bṛhacchvabhraśilātalē | nirjharāḥ prapatantyētē tāpataptaśarīrakāḥ || 32 ||
Translation
These waterfalls, their bodies burning with grief, throw themselves down on the rock floors of great chasms, to break themselves in a hundred pieces.
Word by word
- ātmānaṁ
- themselves
- śatadhā
- in a hundred pieces
- kartuṁ
- to break
- bṛhat
- great
- śvabhra
- of chasms
- śilā
- on the rock
- talē
- floors
- nirjharāḥ
- waterfalls
- prapatantya
- (prapatanti) throw down
- ētē
- these
- tāpa
- with grief
- tapta
- burning
- śarīrakāḥ
- their bodies
Meaning
The waterfalls are pictured throwing themselves down in despair, as one in unbearable grief throws himself from a cliff.