तुदन्त्यामत्वचं दंशा मशका मत्कुणादय: । रुदन्तं विगतज्ञानं कृमय: कृमिकं यथा ॥ २७ ॥
tudanty ama-tvacam damsa masaka matkunadayah rudantam vigata-jnanam krmayah krmikam yatha
- tudanti
- they bite
- ama-tvacam
- the baby, whose skin is soft
- damsah
- gnats
- masakah
- mosquitoes
- matkuna
- bugs
- adayah
- and other creatures
- rudantam
- crying
- vigata
- deprived of
- jnanam
- wisdom
- krmayah
- worms
- krmikam
- a worm
- yatha
- just as.
In his helpless condition, gnats, mosquitoes, bugs and other germs bite the baby, whose skin is tender, just as smaller worms bite a big worm. The child, deprived of his wisdom, cries bitterly.