समस्तसद्मसंक्षीणमक्षिकाक्षिप्तमाक्षिकम् । फुल्लाशोकद्रुमोद्यानकृतलाक्षिकमन्दिरम् ॥ ४४ ॥
samastasadmasaṁkṣīṇamakṣikākṣiptamākṣikam | phullāśōkadrumōdyānakṛtalākṣikamandiram || 44 ||
Translation
its honey taken from bees driven off from every house; its houses stained red with lac in gardens of flowering aśoka trees,
Word by word
- samasta
- every
- sadma
- house
- saṁkṣīṇa
- driven off
- makṣikā
- from bees
- ākṣipta
- taken
- mākṣikam
- its honey
- phulla
- flowering
- aśōka
- aśoka
- druma
- trees
- udyāna
- in gardens
- kṛta
- stained
- lākṣika
- with lac
- mandiram
- its houses
Meaning
Another commentary: honey was gathered by driving the bees from all the houses, and the houses were painted with lac in gardens of aśoka.