प्रक्षेप्तुमम्बुधौ देहं प्रवृत्ता गन्तुमाकुलाः । कुल्याः कलकलालोलं दोलयन्त्यस्तनुं भुवि ॥ ३६ ॥
prakṣēptumambudhau dēhaṁ pravṛttā gantumākulāḥ | kulyāḥ kalakalālōlaṁ dōlayantyastanuṁ bhuvi || 36 ||
Translation
The streams, distraught, have set out to throw their bodies into the sea, swaying their slender forms on the ground with a gurgling restlessness.
Word by word
- prakṣēptum
- to throw
- ambudhau
- into the sea
- dēhaṁ
- their bodies
- pravṛttā
- have set out
- gantum
- to go
- ākulāḥ
- distraught
- kulyāḥ
- the streams
- kalakala
- with a gurgling
- ālōlaṁ
- restlessness
- dōlayantyas
- (dolayantyaḥ) swaying
- tanuṁ
- their slender forms
- bhuvi
- on the ground
Meaning
Another commentary: the rivers, with their gurgling sound, shaking their bodies on the ground, have begun to go and throw themselves into the ocean.