एतस्मिन्नन्तरे श्यामा यामिनी समदृश्यत । जनसंघाद्विनिर्मुक्ता गृहे बालाङ्गना यथा ॥ १९ ॥
ētasminnantarē śyāmā yāminī samadṛśyata | janasaṁghādvinirmuktā gṛhē bālāṅganā yathā || 19 ||
- Another reading: जनसङ्गाद्विनिर्मुक्ता (janasaṅgādvinirmuktā) for जनसंघाद्विनिर्मुक्ता
Translation
Meanwhile the dark night appeared, like a young wife in the house, freed from the crowd of people.
Word by word
- ētasmin
- meanwhile
- antarē
- in this interval
- śyāmā
- dark
- yāminī
- the night
- samadṛśyata
- appeared
- jana
- of people
- saṁghād
- (saṁghāt) from the crowd
- vinirmuktā
- freed
- gṛhē
- in the house
- bālā
- young
- aṅganā
- a wife
- yathā
- like
Meaning
The commentary: as a young woman goes quietly into her husband's house once the noise of people has died down, so the dark night came when the crowd was gone. Night arrives when the day's people leave.