वयं भृशं तत्र महानिलाम्बुभि- र्निहन्यमाना महुरम्बुसम्प्लवे । दिशोऽविदन्तोऽथ परस्परं वने गृहीतहस्ता: परिबभ्रिमातुरा: ॥ ३८ ॥
vayaṁ bhṛśam tatra mahānilāmbubhir nihanyamānā mahur ambu-samplave diśo ’vidanto ’tha parasparaṁ vane gṛhīta-hastāḥ paribabhrimāturāḥ
- vayam
- we
- bhṛśam
- thoroughly
- tatra
- there
- mahā
- great
- anila
- by the wind
- ambubhiḥ
- and water
- nihanyamānāḥ
- beset
- muhuḥ
- continuously
- ambu-samplave
- in the flooding
- diśaḥ
- the directions
- avidantaḥ
- unable to discern
- atha
- then
- parasparam
- each other’s
- vane
- in the forest
- gṛhīta
- holding
- hastāḥ
- hands
- paribabhrima
- we wandered
- āturāḥ
- distressed
Constantly besieged by the powerful wind and rain, we lost our way amidst the flooding waters. We simply held each other’s hands and, in great distress, wandered aimlessly about the forest.