नित्यमन्नलवाक्तैककाचकम्बुप्रकोष्ठका । जामातृदुहितृभ्रातृपितृमातृप्रपूजनी ॥ ८ ॥
nityamannalavāktaikakācakambuprakōṣṭhakā | jāmātṛduhitṛbhrātṛpitṛmātṛprapūjanī || 8 ||
Translation
my forearm always with its one glass bangle smeared with bits of food; honouring sons-in-law, daughters, brothers, father and mother;
Word by word
- nityam
- always
- anna
- of food
- lava
- with bits
- akta
- smeared
- ēka
- one
- kāca
- glass
- kambu
- bangle
- prakōṣṭhakā
- my forearm
- jāmātṛ
- sons-in-law
- duhitṛ
- daughters
- bhrātṛ
- brothers
- pitṛ
- father
- mātṛ
- and mother
- prapūjanī
- honouring
Meaning
One glass bangle, always smeared with food: a poor household, and hands never out of the cooking. The second half turns to the family she served and honoured.