तस्याः स्पर्शेन तेनाऽसौ दुःखदौर्भाग्यसङ्कटम् । जहौ प्रावृड्घनासङ्गाद् ग्रीष्मतापमिवाऽचलः ॥ ४१ ॥
tasyāḥ sparśēna tēnā’sau duḥkhadaurbhāgyasaṅkaṭam | jahau prāvṛḍghanāsaṅgād grīṣmatāpamivā’calaḥ || 41 ||
Translation
By that touch of hers he let go the press of sorrow and misfortune, as a mountain lets go the summer's heat on meeting the rain clouds.
Word by word
- tasyāḥ
- of hers
- sparśēna
- by touch
- tēna
- that
- asau
- he
- duḥkha
- of sorrow
- daurbhāgya
- and misfortune
- saṅkaṭam
- the press
- jahau
- let go
- prāvṛḍ
- (prāvṛṭ) rain
- ghana
- clouds
- āsaṅgād
- (āsaṅgāt) on meeting
- grīṣma
- of summer
- tāpam
- the heat
- iva
- as
- acalaḥ
- a mountain
Meaning
The relief is immediate and complete, like the first monsoon rain on a mountain scorched by summer.