दधिक्षीरघनामोदमत्तमन्थरमक्षिकम् । कामभुक्तार्थतोद्बाष्पजर्जरावलबालकम् ॥ ३८ ॥
dadhikṣīraghanāmōdamattamantharamakṣikam | kāmabhuktārthatōdbāṣpajarjarāvalabālakam || 38 ||
Translation
its flies slow and drunk with the thick smell of curd and milk; its weak children worn with tears over eating as much as they liked,
Word by word
- dadhi
- of curd
- kṣīra
- and milk
- ghana
- with the thick
- āmōda
- smell
- matta
- drunk
- manthara
- slow
- makṣikam
- its flies
- kāma
- as they liked
- bhukta
- over eating
- artha
- for the sake of
- udbāṣpa
- with tears
- jarjara
- worn
- avala
- weak
- bālakam
- its children
Meaning
Children crying because they cannot have more; flies too full to fly. Plenty and want side by side.