चैत्रद्रुमविलासिन्यो विरसाः प्रतिवासरम् । लताः कृशा विलीयन्ते सङ्कुचद्गुच्छलोचनाः ॥ ३५ ॥
caitradrumavilāsinyō virasāḥ prativāsaram | latāḥ kṛśā vilīyantē saṅkucadgucchalōcanāḥ || 35 ||
Translation
The creepers that once delighted in the trees of spring grow tasteless day by day and, thin, waste away, their eyes, the clusters, closing.
Word by word
- caitra
- of spring
- druma
- in the trees
- vilāsinyō
- (vilāsinyaḥ) that once delighted
- virasāḥ
- tasteless
- prativāsaram
- day by day
- latāḥ
- the creepers
- kṛśā
- thin
- vilīyantē
- waste away
- saṅkucad
- (saṅkucat) closing
- guccha
- the clusters
- lōcanāḥ
- their eyes
Meaning
The creepers that flowered so gladly in spring now droop and wither, their flower clusters closing like eyes shut in grief.