बभूवुरल्पसञ्चारा जना दशसु दिक्ष्वपि । सावधानतया श्रोतुमिव संत्यक्तचेष्टिताः ॥ ८ ॥
babhūvuralpasañcārā janā daśasu dikṣvapi | sāvadhānatayā śrōtumiva saṁtyaktacēṣṭitāḥ || 8 ||
Translation
People everywhere, in all ten directions, moved little, as if they had given up their activities to listen with attention.
Word by word
- babhūvur
- (babhūvuḥ) were
- alpa
- little
- sañcārā
- (sañcārāḥ) moving
- janā
- (janāḥ) people
- daśasu
- in all ten
- dikṣu
- directions
- api
- everywhere
- sāvadhānatayā
- with attention
- śrōtum
- to listen
- iva
- as if
- saṁtyakta
- had given up
- cēṣṭitāḥ
- their activities
Meaning
At dusk the streets empty. The poet reads this, too, as listening: the whole world has stopped its business to attend.