प्रियरावपदानि भाषसे मृत- सञ्जीविकयानया गिरा । करवाणि किमद्य ते प्रियं वद मे वल्गितकण्ठ कोकिल ॥ २१ ॥
priya-rāva-padāni bhāṣase mṛta-sañjīvikayānayā girā karavāṇi kim adya te priyaṁ vada me valgita-kaṇṭha kokila
- priya
- dear
- rāva
- of him whose sounds
- padāni
- the vibrations
- bhāṣase
- you are uttering
- mṛta
- the dead
- sañjīvikayā
- which brings back to life
- anayā
- in this
- girā
- voice
- karavāṇi
- I should do
- kim
- what
- adya
- today
- te
- for you
- priyam
- pleasing
- vada
- please tell
- me
- me
- valgita
- sweetened (by these sounds)
- kaṇṭha
- O you whose throat
- kokila
- O cuckoo
O sweet-throated cuckoo, in a voice that could revive the dead you are vibrating the same sounds we once heard from our beloved, the most pleasing of speakers. Please tell me what I can do today to please you.