शेखरोत्सङ्गविश्रान्तप्रबुद्धमधुपस्वनैः । सघुङ्घुमशिरोभारा वदद्भिरिव मूर्द्धजैः ॥ १६ ॥
śēkharōtsaṅgaviśrāntaprabuddhamadhupasvanaiḥ | saghuṅghumaśirōbhārā vadadbhiriva mūrddhajaiḥ || 16 ||
Translation
their heads heavy, humming, with hair that seemed to speak through the sounds of bees, woken as they rested in the crowns of their garlands,
Word by word
- śēkhara
- of their garlands
- utsaṅga
- in the crowns
- viśrānta
- as they rested
- prabuddha
- woken
- madhupa
- of bees
- svanaiḥ
- through the sounds
- sa
- with
- ghuṅghuma
- humming
- śirō
- their heads
- bhārā
- heavy
- vadadbhir
- (vadadbhiḥ) that seemed to speak
- iva
- seemed
- mūrddhajaiḥ
- with hair
Meaning
Bees asleep in the flowers of their head-garlands wake as they move, and hum; the hair seems to be talking. The other commentary: as if the whole assembly were murmuring softly. After the silence, even the hair has something to say.