नीलनीरतरङ्गान्ततृणतर्पिततर्णिका । प्रतिक्षणं गृहद्वारकृतलेपनवर्णका ॥ १३ ॥
nīlanīrataraṅgāntatṛṇatarpitatarṇikā | pratikṣaṇaṁ gṛhadvārakṛtalēpanavarṇakā || 13 ||
Translation
feeding the calves on the grass at the edge of the blue water's ripples; every moment plastering the doorway of the house and painting it with colour;
Word by word
- nīla
- blue
- nīra
- water's
- taraṅga
- ripples
- anta
- at the edge
- tṛṇa
- on the grass
- tarpita
- feeding
- tarṇikā
- the calves
- pratikṣaṇaṁ
- every moment
- gṛha
- of the house
- dvāra
- the doorway
- kṛta
- making
- lēpana
- plastering
- varṇakā
- and painting with colour
Meaning
Plastering the threshold with fresh clay and cow-dung and drawing coloured designs on it is a daily duty of the housewife in an Indian village. "Every moment": it never ended.