गृहीत्वा मृगशावाक्ष्या: पाणिं मर्कटलोचन: । प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादार्हे वाचाप्यकृत नोचितम् ॥ १२ ॥
grhitva mrga-savaksyah panim markata-locanah pratyutthanabhivadarhe vacapy akrta nocitam
- grhitva
- taking
- mrga-sava
- like a deer cub
- aksyah
- of her who has eyes
- panim
- the hand
- markata
- of a monkey
- locanah
- he who has the eyes
- pratyutthana
- of rising from one’s seat
- abhivada
- the honor
- arhe
- to me, who deserves
- vaca
- with sweet words
- api
- even
- akrta na
- he did not do
- ucitam
- honor.
He has eyes like a monkey’s, yet he has married my daughter, whose eyes are just like those of a deer cub. Nevertheless he did not stand up to receive me, nor did he think it fit to welcome me with sweet words.