वीरालिङ्गनलोलानां नितम्बे सुरयोषिताम् । मेखलाः शिथिलीकर्त्तुं प्रवृत्तः कुसुमायुधः ॥ ७ ॥
vīrāliṅganalōlānāṁ nitambē surayōṣitām | mēkhalāḥ śithilīkarttuṁ pravṛttaḥ kusumāyudhaḥ || 7 ||
Translation
"On the hips of the women of the gods, eager to embrace the heroes, the flower-armed god of love has set to loosening their girdles."
Word by word
- vīra
- the heroes
- āliṅgana
- to embrace
- lōlānāṁ
- eager
- nitambē
- on the hips
- sura
- of the gods
- yōṣitām
- of the women
- mēkhalāḥ
- their girdles
- śithilī
- loose
- karttuṁ
- to make
- pravṛttaḥ
- has set
- kusuma
- flower
- āyudhaḥ
- armed god of love
Meaning
A watcher in the sky (the second commentary marks it so) sees the apsarases' eagerness. Kāma, whose weapons are flowers, is at work on them. The poetry of heroic death includes this reward too.