गाधवारिचरास्तापमविन्दञ्छरदर्कजम् । यथा दरिद्र: कृपण: कुटुम्ब्यविजितेन्द्रिय: ॥ ३८ ॥
gādha-vāri-carās tāpam avindañ charad-arka-jam yathā daridraḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kuṭumby avijitendriyaḥ
- gādha-vāri-carāḥ
- those who were moving in shallow water
- tāpam
- suffering
- avindan
- experienced
- śarat-arka-jam
- due to the sun in the autumn season
- yathā
- as
- daridraḥ
- a poor person
- kṛpaṇaḥ
- miserly
- kuṭumbī
- absorbed in family life
- avijita-indriyaḥ
- who has not controlled the senses
Just as a miserly, poverty-stricken person overly absorbed in family life suffers because he cannot control his senses, the fish swimming in the shallow water had to suffer the heat of the autumn sun.