Tuesday, September 14, 2010

SAUNDARANANDA 4.43: Just When You Thought It Was Safe...

a-darshanaM t' uupagatash ca tasyaa
harmyaat tatash c' aavatataara tuurNaM
shrutvaa tato nuupura-nisvanaM sa
punar lalambe hRdaye gRhiitaH

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4.43
Once out of her sight

He descended quickly from the palace;

And then he heard the sound of ankle bracelets

And hung back, gripped again in his heart.




EH Johnston:
But when he had gone out of her sight, he descended quickly from the palace roof ; then hearing the tinkling of her anklets he tarried again, gripped in his heart.

Linda Covill:
However, once she was no longer in sight, he came briskly out of the palace, only to hang back again, his heart contracting at the sound of her anklets.



VOCABULARY:
a-darshanam (acc. sg. n.): mfn. invisible ; out of sight
tu: but
upagataH (nom. sg. m.): mfn. gone to
ca: and
tasyaa (gen. sg. f.): her

harmyaat (abl. sg.): from the palace
tataH: ind. from that place
ca: and
avatataara = 3rd pers. sg. perfect ava- √ tRR: to descend into (loc. or acc.) , alight from , alight (abl.)
tuurNam: ind. quickly , speedily

shrutvaa = abs. shru: to hear, listen
tataH: ind. thence, from that
nuupura-nisvanam (acc. sg.): the sound of her ankle bracelets
nuupura: anklet
nisvana: sound
sa (nom. sg. m.): he

punar: ind. back in the opposite direction; again
lalambe = 3rd pers. sg. lamb: to hang down , depend , dangle ; to sink , go down , decline , fall , set (as the sun) ; to fall or stay behind , be retarded ; to tag , loiter , delay , tarry
hRdaye (loc. sg.): n. the heart ; the heart or centre or core or essence or best or dearest or most secret part of anything
gRhiitaH (nom. sg. m.): mfn. ( √grah ) grasped , taken , seized , caught , held , laid hold of

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