तयोपगूढ: परिरब्धकन्धरो रहोऽनुमन्त्रैरपकृष्टचेतन: । न कालरंहो बुबुधे दुरत्ययं दिवा निशेति प्रमदापरिग्रह: ॥ ३ ॥
tayopagudhah parirabdha-kandharo raho ’numantrair apakrsta-cetanah na kala-ramho bubudhe duratyayam diva niseti pramada-parigrahah
- taya
- by the Queen
- upagudhah
- was embraced
- parirabdha
- embraced
- kandharah
- shoulders
- rahah
- in a solitary place
- anumantraih
- by joking words
- apakrsta-cetanah
- having degraded consciousness
- na
- not
- kala-ramhah
- the passing of time
- bubudhe
- was aware of
- duratyayam
- impossible to overcome
- diva
- day
- nisa
- night
- iti
- thus
- pramada
- by the woman
- parigrahah
- captivated.
Queen Puranjani embraced the King, and the King also responded by embracing her shoulders. In this way, in a solitary place, they enjoyed joking words. Thus King Puranjana became very much captivated by his beautiful wife and deviated from his good sense. He forgot that the passing of days and nights meant that his span of life was being reduced without profit.