यदा नोपलभेताङ्घ्रावूष्माणं पत्युरर्चती । आसीत्संविग्नहृदया यूथभ्रष्टा मृगी यथा ॥ ४६ ॥
yada nopalabhetanghrav usmanam patyur arcati asit samvigna-hrdaya yutha-bhrasta mrgi yatha
- yada
- when
- na
- not
- upalabheta
- could feel
- anghrau
- in the feet
- usmanam
- heat
- patyuh
- of her husband
- arcati
- while serving
- asit
- she became
- samvigna
- anxious
- hrdaya
- at heart
- yutha-bhrasta
- bereft of her husband
- mrgi
- the she-deer
- yatha
- as.
While she was serving her husband by massaging his legs, she could feel that his feet were no longer warm and could thus understand that he had already passed from the body. She felt great anxiety upon being left alone. Bereft of her husband’s company, she felt exactly as the deer feels upon being separated from its mate.