एते रोदनताम्राक्षा बन्धवो भुवि बन्धनम् । अङ्गदार्पितरुद्राक्षा आहरन्त्यनलेन्धनम् ॥ २४ ॥
ētē rōdanatāmrākṣā bandhavō bhuvi bandhanam | aṅgadārpitarudrākṣā āharantyanalēndhanam || 24 ||
Translation
These kinsmen, their eyes red with weeping, bonds on earth, rudrākṣa beads set in their arm-bands, are bringing in fuel for the fire.
Word by word
- ētē
- these
- rōdana
- with weeping
- tāmra
- red
- akṣā
- their eyes
- bandhavō
- kinsmen
- bhuvi
- on earth
- bandhanam
- bonds
- aṅgada
- in their arm-bands
- arpita
- set
- rudrākṣā
- rudrākṣa beads
- āharanti
- are bringing in
- anala
- for the fire
- indhanam
- fuel
Meaning
A play of words: bandhavaḥ, kinsmen, are bandhanam, bonds. They mourn her still, red-eyed, wearing the rudrākṣa beads of grief and rite; she sees them, and is not bound.