पदा सुजातेन नखारुणश्रिया भुवं लिखन्त्यश्रुभिरञ्जनासितै: । आसिञ्चती कुङ्कुमरूषितौ स्तनौ तस्थावधोमुख्यतिदु:खरुद्धवाक् ॥ २३ ॥
padā su-jātena nakhāruṇa-śrīyā bhuvaṁ likhanty aśrubhir añjanāsitaiḥ āsiñcatī kuṅkuma-rūṣitau stanau tasthāv adho-mukhy ati-duḥkha-ruddha-vāk
- padā
- with her foot
- su-jātena
- very tender
- nakha
- of its nails
- aruṇa
- reddish
- śrīyā
- having the effulgence
- bhuvam
- the earth
- likhantī
- scratching
- aśrubhiḥ
- with her tears
- añjana
- because of her eye shadow
- asitaiḥ
- which were black
- āsiñcatī
- sprinkling
- kuṅkuma
- with kuṅkuma powder
- rūṣitau
- red
- stanau
- breasts
- tasthau
- she stood still
- adhaḥ
- downward
- mukhī
- her face
- ati
- extreme
- duḥkha
- due to the sorrow
- ruddha
- checked
- vāk
- her speech
With her tender foot, effulgent with the reddish glow of her nails, she scratched the ground, and tears darkened by her eye makeup sprinkled her kuṅkuma-reddened breasts. There she stood, face downward, her voice choked up by extreme sorrow.