धम्मिल्लवलनाव्यग्रे घनोत्कण्ठेऽप्सरोगणे । भटो दिव्यशरीरेण पार्श्वप्राप्तो निरीक्ष्यताम् ॥ २५ ॥
dhammillavalanāvyagrē ghanōtkaṇṭhē’psarōgaṇē | bhaṭō divyaśarīrēṇa pārśvaprāptō nirīkṣyatām || 25 ||
Translation
"Look: among the hosts of apsarases, busy braiding their hair and full of longing, a warrior has arrived beside them in a heavenly body."
Word by word
- dhammilla
- their hair
- valanā
- braiding
- vyagrē
- busy
- ghana
- full
- utkaṇṭhē
- of longing
- apsarō
- (apsaraḥ) of apsarases
- gaṇē
- among the hosts
- bhaṭō
- (bhaṭaḥ) a warrior
- divya
- heavenly
- śarīrēṇa
- in a body
- pārśva
- beside them
- prāptō
- (prāptaḥ) has arrived
- nirīkṣyatām
- look
Meaning
The moment of arrival, seen by a watcher. The apsarases are still dressing their hair for the heroes when one of them is already there, in his new divine body.