अनारतं शिलाकच्छे गुच्छाच्छोटनकारिभिः । तरङ्गैः स्थगिताकारं स्पृष्टतीरलतादलैः ॥ २५ ॥
anārataṁ śilākacchē gucchācchōṭanakāribhiḥ | taraṅgaiḥ sthagitākāraṁ spṛṣṭatīralatādalaiḥ || 25 ||
Translation
Encircled by the village stream, whose waves, in the rocky bed, ceaselessly tear at the clusters of flowers and touch the leaves of the creepers on the bank, hiding its shape;
Word by word
- anārataṁ
- ceaselessly
- śilā
- rocky
- kacchē
- in the bed
- guccha
- at the clusters of flowers
- ācchōṭana
- tear
- kāribhiḥ
- which
- taraṅgaiḥ
- whose waves
- sthagita
- hiding
- ākāraṁ
- its shape
- spṛṣṭa
- touch
- tīra
- on the bank
- latā
- of the creepers
- dalaiḥ
- the leaves
Meaning
Verses 25 to 31 are one sentence describing the hall of the house, which stands by the village stream; the subject comes only in v. 31. As in the last sarga, the poet lingers over the place, and the length is itself the point: so much loveliness, so solid, and all of it inside a span of space.