नष्टोत्सवपुरप्रायमगस्त्यात्तमिवाऽर्णवम् । ग्रीष्मदग्धमिवोद्यानं विद्युद्दग्धमिव द्रुमम् ॥ ४ ॥
naṣṭōtsavapuraprāyamagastyāttamivā’rṇavam | grīṣmadagdhamivōdyānaṁ vidyuddagdhamiva drumam || 4 ||
Translation
like a city whose festival is over, like the ocean drunk up by Agastya, like a garden burnt by the summer, like a tree struck by lightning,
Word by word
- naṣṭa
- is over
- utsava
- whose festival
- pura
- a city
- prāyam
- like
- agastya
- by Agastya
- āttam
- drunk up
- iva
- like
- arṇavam
- the ocean
- grīṣma
- by the summer
- dagdham
- burnt; struck
- udyānaṁ
- a garden
- vidyud
- (vidyut) by lightning
- drumam
- a tree
Meaning
The sage Agastya once drank the ocean dry. Each image is of fullness suddenly emptied.