इयं सा मेऽलसाकीर्णा वराकी जलहारिका । अद्याऽष्टमं दिनं बाष्पक्लिन्नाक्षी परिरोदिति ॥ १९ ॥
iyaṁ sā mē’lasākīrṇā varākī jalahārikā | adyā’ṣṭamaṁ dinaṁ bāṣpaklinnākṣī parirōditi || 19 ||
Translation
This is my poor water-carrier, sunk in listlessness; today, the eighth day, her eyes wet with tears, she weeps and weeps.
Word by word
- iyaṁ
- this is
- sā
- she
- mē
- my
- alasa
- in listlessness
- ākīrṇā
- sunk
- varākī
- poor
- jala
- water
- hārikā
- carrier
- adya
- today
- aṣṭamaṁ
- the eighth
- dinaṁ
- day
- bāṣpa
- with tears
- klinna
- wet
- akṣī
- her eyes
- parirōditi
- she weeps and weeps
Meaning
The eighth day: Līlā, as the brahmin woman, died eight days ago. Here, in the village, only eight days have passed; in the life she lived since, as Queen Līlā, many years went by. The sarga will return to this in v. 34.