🪷 ŚB 4.8.16
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
सोत्सृज्य धैर्यं विललाप शोक
दावाग्निना दावलतेव बाला ।
वाक्यं सपत्न्या: स्मरती सरोज
श्रिया दृशा बाष्पकलामुवाह ॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration
sotsṛjya dhairyaṁ vilalāpa śoka-
dāvāgninā dāva-lateva bālā
vākyaṁ sapatnyāḥ smaratī saroja-
śriyā dṛśā bāṣpa-kalām uvāha
Synonyms
sā — she; utsṛjya — giving up; dhairyam — patience; vilalāpa — lamented; śoka-dāva-agninā — by the fire of grief; dāva-latā iva — like burnt leaves; bālā — the woman; vākyam — words; sa-patnyāḥ — spoken by her co-wife; smaratī — remember; saroja-śriyā — a face as beautiful as a lotus; dṛśā — by looking; bāṣpa-kalām — weeping; uvāha — said.
Translation
This incident was unbearable to Sunīti’s patience. She began to burn as if in a forest fire, and in her grief she became just like a burnt leaf and so lamented. As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright, lotuslike face filled with tears, and thus she spoke.
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