आदेहं सद्मभृत्यैव प्रक्षीणदिनयामिनी । वाचं चिरं चिरमिति वादिन्यनिशमाकुला ॥ ९ ॥
ādēhaṁ sadmabhṛtyaiva prakṣīṇadinayāminī | vācaṁ ciraṁ ciramiti vādinyaniśamākulā || 9 ||
Translation
till the body fell, my days and nights wasted away in tending the house alone; always flustered, forever saying, "You are late, you are late!"
Word by word
- ādēhaṁ
- till the body fell
- sadma
- the house
- bhṛtyā
- in tending
- ēva
- alone
- prakṣīṇa
- wasted away
- dina
- my days
- yāminī
- and nights
- vācaṁ
- the words
- ciraṁ
- "you are late"
- ciram
- "you are late"
- iti
- thus
- vādinya
- (vādinī) saying
- aniśam
- forever
- ākulā
- flustered
Meaning
"Wasted away" (prakṣīṇa): the days were used up, not lived. Both commentaries fill in the scolding: "You took so long to bathe, the meal is late, why are you slow?", said to sons, daughters-in-law and servants. A whole life spent hurrying others, and herself always anxious.