एकनिष्ठा समिच्छाकगोमयेन्धनसञ्चये । म्लानकम्बलसंवीतशिरालकृशगात्रिका ॥ ११ ॥
ēkaniṣṭhā samicchākagōmayēndhanasañcayē | mlānakambalasaṁvītaśirālakṛśagātrikā || 11 ||
Translation
intent only on gathering sacrificial sticks, vegetables, cow-dung and fuel; my thin, veined limbs wrapped in a faded blanket;
Word by word
- ēka
- only
- niṣṭhā
- intent
- samic
- (samit) sacrificial sticks
- chāka
- (śāka) vegetables
- gōmaya
- cow-dung
- indhana
- and fuel
- sañcayē
- on gathering
- mlāna
- faded
- kambala
- in a blanket
- saṁvīta
- wrapped
- śirāla
- veined
- kṛśa
- thin
- gātrikā
- my limbs
Meaning
Even the gathering serves the rites and the kitchen: sticks for the sacred fire, dung cakes and wood for the hearth. "Intent only" (ekaniṣṭhā), a word used elsewhere for devotion to the highest, is here given to fuel.