उत्तालतालविश्रान्तकाकालोकनशङ्कितैः । बालैः प्रगोपितामिक्षाखण्डं जीर्णस्वभुक्तकैः ॥ ३२ ॥
uttālatālaviśrāntakākālōkanaśaṅkitaiḥ | bālaiḥ pragōpitāmikṣākhaṇḍaṁ jīrṇasvabhuktakaiḥ || 32 ||
Translation
where children, afraid of the crows they see resting on the tall palms, hide their bits of milk-curd, old and half eaten,
Word by word
- uttāla
- tall
- tāla
- on the palms
- viśrānta
- resting
- kāka
- crows
- ālōkana
- they see
- śaṅkitaiḥ
- afraid
- bālaiḥ
- children
- pragōpita
- hide
- āmikṣā
- of milk-curd
- khaṇḍaṁ
- bits
- jīrṇa
- old
- sva
- own
- bhuktakaiḥ
- half eaten
Meaning
A homely scene: children hiding the remains of their breakfast from the crows.