आसन्नमृत्यु करुणाकुलवक्त्रकान्ति संशीर्णजीर्णतरुपर्णवनोपमानम् । वृष्टिव्यपायपरिधूसरदेशरूक्षं जातं गृहेश्वरवियोगहतं गृहं तत् ॥ ६ ॥
āsannamṛtyu karuṇākulavaktrakānti saṁśīrṇajīrṇataruparṇavanōpamānam | vṛṣṭivyapāyaparidhūsaradēśarūkṣaṁ jātaṁ gṛhēśvaraviyōgahataṁ gṛhaṁ tat || 6 ||
Translation
the lustre of its face that of one near death, distraught with pity, like a forest of old trees with their leaves all withered, harsh as a land grey from the failing of the rain: so that house had become, struck by the loss of its master.
Word by word
- āsanna
- near
- mṛtyu
- death
- karuṇā
- with pity
- ākula
- distraught
- vaktra
- of its face
- kānti
- the lustre
- saṁśīrṇa
- all withered
- jīrṇa
- old
- taru
- trees
- parṇa
- leaves
- vana
- a forest
- upamānam
- like
- vṛṣṭi
- of the rain
- vyapāya
- from the failing
- paridhūsara
- grey
- dēśa
- a land
- rūkṣaṁ
- harsh
- jātaṁ
- had become
- gṛha
- of the house
- īśvara
- its master
- viyōga
- by the loss
- hataṁ
- struck
- gṛhaṁ
- house
- tat
- that
Meaning
The first section closes in a vasantatilakā verse. A house is its people, and with its master and mistress gone it looks as if it too were dying.