दधिलिप्तास्यहस्तांसैः स्निग्धपुष्पलताधरैः । नग्नैर्गोमयपङ्काङ्कैर्बालैराकुलचत्वरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
dadhiliptāsyahastāṁsaiḥ snigdhapuṣpalatādharaiḥ | nagnairgōmayapaṅkāṅkairbālairākulacatvaram || 36 ||
Translation
its squares crowded with naked children, their faces, hands and shoulders smeared with curd, carrying soft flowers and creepers, marked with cow-dung and mud,
Word by word
- dadhi
- with curd
- lipta
- smeared
- āsya
- their faces
- hasta
- hands
- aṁsaiḥ
- and shoulders
- snigdha
- soft
- puṣpa
- flowers
- latā
- and creepers
- dharaiḥ
- carrying
- nagnair
- (nagnaiḥ) naked
- gōmaya
- with cow-dung
- paṅka
- and mud
- aṅkair
- (aṅkaiḥ) marked
- bālair
- (bālaiḥ) with children
- ākula
- crowded
- catvaram
- its squares
Meaning
The picture of village life is affectionate and unidealised: children grubby with curd and mud, playing with flowers.