भ्रान्तमुत्तुङ्गशृङ्गासु हरिण्या हारिनेत्रया । वनस्थलीषु रम्यासु किराताहतमर्मया ॥ ४६ ॥
bhrāntamuttuṅgaśṛṅgāsu hariṇyā hārinētrayā | vanasthalīṣu ramyāsu kirātāhatamarmayā || 46 ||
Translation
as a doe with lovely eyes I roamed the lovely forest glades among high peaks, my heart pierced by a hunter;
Word by word
- bhrāntam
- I roamed
- uttuṅga
- high
- śṛṅgāsu
- among peaks
- hariṇyā
- as a doe
- hāri
- lovely
- nētrayā
- with eyes
- vana
- forest
- sthalīṣu
- glades
- ramyāsu
- lovely
- kirāta
- by a hunter
- āhata
- pierced
- marmayā
- my heart
Meaning
Another commentary: as a doe she roamed the lovely woods until hunters pierced her heart. Beauty and death in the same life.