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मेघदूतम् · कालिदास · 1.19

विन्ध्यपाद · the Revā broken on the rocks

स्थित्वा तस्मिन् वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे मुहूर्तं

स्थि
त्वा
त
स्मि
न्व
न
च
र
व
धू
भु
क्त
कु
ञ्जे
मु
हू
र्तं

तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिस्तत्परं वर्त्म तीर्णः

तो
यो
त्स
र्ग
द्रु
त
त
र
ग
ति
स्त
त्प
रं
व
र्त्म
ती
र्णः

रेवां द्रक्ष्यस्युपलविषमे विन्ध्यपादे विशीर्णां

रे
वां
द्र
क्ष्य
स्यु
प
ल
वि
ष
मे
वि
न्ध्य
पा
दे
वि
शी
र्णां

भक्तिच्छेदैरिव विरचितां भूतिमङ्गे गजस्य

भ
क्ति
च्छे
दै
रि
व
वि
र
चि
तां
भू
ति
म
ङ्गे
ग
ज
स्य

pāda a

  • स्थिguruthe conjunct त्व that follows it
  • त्वाguruits long vowel आ
  • तguruthe conjunct स्म that follows it
  • स्मिguruthe conjunct न्व that follows it
  • न्वlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • नlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • चlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • रlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • वlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • धूguruits long vowel ऊ
  • भुguruthe conjunct क्त that follows it
  • क्तlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • कुguruthe conjunct ञ्ज that follows it
  • ञ्जेguruits long vowel ए
  • मुlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • हूguruits long vowel ऊ
  • र्तंguruthe anusvāra it carries
  • yati after 4 — a word ends here — तस्मिन्
  • yati after 10 — a compound member ends here, inside वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

pāda b

  • तोguruits long vowel ओ
  • योguruits long vowel ओ
  • त्सguruthe conjunct र्ग that follows it
  • र्गguruthe conjunct द्र that follows it
  • द्रुlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • तlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • तlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • रlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • गlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • तिguruthe conjunct स्त that follows it
  • स्तguruthe conjunct त्प that follows it
  • त्पlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • रंguruthe anusvāra it carries
  • वguruthe conjunct र्त्म that follows it
  • र्त्मlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • तीguruits long vowel ई
  • र्णःguruthe visarga it carries
  • yati after 4 — a compound member ends here, inside तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः
  • yati after 10 — it falls inside the compound तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः

pāda c

  • रेguruits long vowel ए
  • वांguruthe anusvāra it carries
  • द्रguruthe conjunct क्ष्य that follows it
  • क्ष्यguruthe conjunct स्य that follows it
  • स्युlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • पlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • लlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • विlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • षlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • मेguruits long vowel ए
  • विguruthe conjunct न्ध्य that follows it
  • न्ध्यlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • पाguruits long vowel आ
  • देguruits long vowel ए
  • विlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • शीguruits long vowel ई
  • र्णांguruthe anusvāra it carries
  • yati after 4 — it falls inside द्रक्ष्यसि
  • yati after 10 — a word ends here — द्रक्ष्यस्युपलविषमे

pāda d

  • भguruthe conjunct क्त that follows it
  • क्तिguruthe conjunct च्छ that follows it
  • च्छेguruits long vowel ए
  • दैguruits long vowel ऐ
  • रिlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • वlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • विlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • रlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • चिlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • तांguruthe anusvāra it carries
  • भूguruits long vowel ऊ
  • तिlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • मguruthe conjunct ङ्ग that follows it
  • ङ्गेguruits long vowel ए
  • गlaghuits short vowel, with a single consonant after it
  • जguruthe conjunct स्य that follows it
  • स्यlaghuits short vowel — light on its own, though the pāda ends here
  • yati after 4 — it falls inside the compound भक्तिच्छेदैः
  • yati after 10 — a word ends here — विरचितां

  • मुहूर्तम् + तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः → मुहूर्तं

    म् + त्

  • तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः + तत्परम् → तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिस्तत्परं

    ः + त्

  • रेवाम् + द्रक्ष्यसि → रेवां

    म् + द्

  • द्रक्ष्यसि + उपलविषमे → द्रक्ष्यस्युपलविषमे

    इ + उ

  • विशीर्णाम् + भक्तिच्छेदैः → विशीर्णां

    म् + भ्

  • भक्तिच्छेदैः + इव → भक्तिच्छेदैरिव

    ः + इ

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • विरचिताम् + भूतिम् → विरचितां

    म् + भ्

  • भूतिम् + अङ्गे → भूतिमङ्गे

    म् + अ

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • वन + चर → वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

    अ + च्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • चर + वधू → वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

    अ + व्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • वधू + भुक्त → वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

    ऊ + भ्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • भुक्त + कुञ्ज → वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

    अ + क्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • तोय + उत्सर्ग → तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः

    अ + उ → ओ · falls inside the syllable यो

  • उत्सर्ग + द्रुततर → तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः

    अ + द्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • द्रुततर + गति → तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः

    अ + ग्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • तद् + पर → तत्परम्

    द् + प्

  • उपल + विषम → उपलविषमे

    अ + व्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • विन्ध्य + पाद → विन्ध्यपादे

    अ + प्

    no rule named — the builder's table does not hold this change

  • भक्ति + छेद → भक्तिच्छेदैः

    इ + छ्

द्रक्ष्यस्युपलविषमे is द्रक्ष्यसि + उपलविषमे, the इ of द्रक्ष्यसि turning to य् before the vowel of उपल (यण्). तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिस्तत्परं is गतिः + तत्परम्, the विसर्ग becoming a sibilant स् before the त् of तत् (खरि). मुहूर्तं, रेवां and विशीर्णां all show a word-final म् going to अनुस्वार before the consonant of the next word. भक्तिच्छेदैरिव is छेदैः + इव, the विसर्ग turning to र् before the vowel of इव.

  • Chinnaya Sūri, Bālavyākaraṇam — సంధిపరిచ్ఛేదము; vendor/balavyakaranam-sandhi.txt

  • तस्मिन् सप्तमी · locative — अधिकरण, the location

    with वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

  • मुहूर्तम् द्वितीया · accusative — कालाधिकरण — the accusative of how long, standing as an adverb, not the object of the verb

    मुहूर्तम् is accusative, and the default of the accusative is कर्म, the object. But स्थित्वा, “having stopped”, takes no object; what मुहूर्तम् gives is the length of the stopping — “stop for a little while”. This is the accusative of extent in time, कालाध्वनोरत्यन्तसंयोगे द्वितीया, the second case for a stretch of time or road fully occupied by the action. Mallinātha glosses अल्पकालम्, a short time, and adds why it must be short: न तु चिरं स्वकार्यविरोधात्, not long, since that would work against the errand.

    • Mallinātha, Sañjīvinī — 1.19: muhūrtamalpakālam | na tu ciraṃ svakāryavirodhāditi bhāvaḥ

  • वर्त्म द्वितीया · accusative — कर्म, the object

    with तत्परम्

  • तीर्णः प्रथमा · nominative — कर्ता, the agent

  • रेवाम् द्वितीया · accusative — कर्म, the object

  • विन्ध्यपादे सप्तमी · locative — अधिकरण, the location

    with उपलविषमे

  • विशीर्णाम् द्वितीया · accusative — कर्म, the object

  • भक्तिच्छेदैः तृतीया · instrumental — करण, the instrument or cause

  • विरचिताम् द्वितीया · accusative — कर्म, the object

  • भूतिम् द्वितीया · accusative — कर्म, the object

  • अङ्गे सप्तमी · locative — अधिकरण, the location

  • गजस्य षष्ठी · genitive — सम्बन्ध, a relation to another word

प्रकरण 1 · हलन्त्यम्

  • हलन्त्यम् 1.3.3← द्रक्ष्यसि; विशीर्णाम्; विरचिताम्
  • तस्य लोपः 1.3.9← स्थित्वा; वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे; तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः; तीर्णः; द्रक्ष्यसि; उपलविषमे; विन्ध्यपादे; विशीर्णाम्; भक्तिच्छेदैः; विरचिताम्
  • सुप्तिङन्तं पदम् 1.4.14← तीर्णः; द्रक्ष्यसि; विशीर्णाम्; विरचिताम्

प्रकरण 2 · इको यणचि

प्रकरण 3 · स्तोः श्चुना श्चुः

प्रकरण 4 · वा शरि

प्रकरण 5 · अर्थवदधातुरप्रत्ययः प्रातिपदिकम्

प्रकरण 7 · अतोऽम्

प्रकरण 8 · हो ढः

प्रकरण 11 · स्वरादिनिपातमव्ययम्

प्रकरण 12 · लः कर्मणि च भावे चाकर्मकेभ्यः

प्रकरण 14 · जुहोत्यादिभ्यः श्लुः

प्रकरण 15 · दिवादिभ्यः श्यन्

प्रकरण 16 · स्वादिभ्यः श्नुः

प्रकरण 17 · तुदादिभ्यः शः

प्रकरण 21 · सत्यापपाशरूपवीणातूलश्लोकसेनालोमत्वचवर्मवर्णचूर्णचुरादिभ्यो णिच्

प्रकरण 22 · स्वतन्त्रः कर्ता

प्रकरण 34 · ण्वुल्तृचौ

प्रकरण 36 · तुमुन्ण्वुलौ क्रियायां क्रियार्थायाम्

प्रकरण 48 · शेषे

प्रकरण 59 · इवे प्रतिकृतौ

प्रकरण 60 · स्त्रियाम्

not in the abridgement

वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

वन · चर · वधू · भुक्त · कुञ्ज

  1. वने चरन्ति इति वनचराः

    तत्पुरुष (locative) — the ones who move about in the woods — Mallinātha names the rule that keeps the locative's ending out of the compound

  2. वनचराणां वध्वः

    तत्पुरुष (genitive) — and their wives

  3. वधूभिः भुक्ताः कुञ्जाः

    तत्पुरुष (instrumental) — the bowers those women have had the use of

  4. वनचरवधूभुक्ताः कुञ्जाः यस्मिन् तस्मिन्

    बहुव्रीहि — the mountain that has them

बहुव्रीहि — it refers to तस्मिन्. the mountain whose leaf-bowers the forest women use — Amara gives कुञ्ज as a house of creepers with a hollow inside, and Mallinātha says what the line is for: तत्र ते नयनविनोदो ऽस्ति, there is something there for your eyes

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī“vane caranti te vanacarāḥ … teṣāṃ vadhūbhiḥ … kuñjā latāgṛhā yatra tasmin … tatra te nayanavinodo’stītyarthaḥ”

तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः

तोय · उत्सर्ग · द्रुततर · गति

  1. तोयस्य उत्सर्गः

    तत्पुरुष (genitive) — the letting go of the water

  2. तोयोत्सर्गेण द्रुततरा

    तत्पुरुष (instrumental) — quicker for having let it go

  3. द्रुततरा गतिः यस्य सः

    बहुव्रीहि — the one whose going is that much quicker

बहुव्रीहि — it refers to मेघः. moving faster now that you are empty — Mallinātha ties it back to the rain of 1.17 and gives the reason the compound leaves out: लाघवात्, from lightness

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī“toyotsargeṇa … uktavarṣeṇena drutataragatirlāghavāddhetoratikṣipragamanaḥ san”

तत्परम्

तद् · पर

  1. तस्मात् परम्

    तत्पुरुष (ablative) — beyond that one

तत्पुरुष — it agrees with वर्त्म. the next stretch of road — Mallinātha supplies what "that" is: तस्माद् आम्रकूटात् परम् अनन्तरम्, the part after Āmrakūṭa

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī“tasmādāmrakūṭātparamanantaraṃ tatparaṃ vartma mārgam”

उपलविषमे

उपल · विषम

  1. उपलैः विषमे

    तत्पुरुष (instrumental) — made uneven by stones

तत्पुरुष — it agrees with विन्ध्यपादे. broken up with boulders — Mallinātha glosses उपल as पाषाण, and it is what splits the river into strands

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī“upalaiḥ pāṣāṇairviṣame”

विन्ध्यपादे

विन्ध्य · पाद

  1. विन्ध्यस्य पादः

    तत्पुरुष (genitive) — the foot of the Vindhya

तत्पुरुष. the outlying hills of the Vindhya — Amara gives पाद in the plural as प्रत्यन्तपर्वत, the lesser range at a mountain's base, which Mallinātha takes here

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī“vindhyasyādreḥ pāde pratyantaparvate || “pādāḥ pratyantaparvatāḥ” ityamaraḥ”

भक्तिच्छेदैः

भक्ति · छेद

  1. भक्तीनां छेदाः

    तत्पुरुष (genitive) — the separate strokes of the pattern

तत्पुरुष. the broken lines of a painted design — Śabdārṇava gives भक्ति as रचना, a pattern, and Mallinātha glosses छेद as भङ्गि, the turn of a stroke. The river in its strands is what the word is for

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī“bhaktayo racanāḥ … tāsāṃ chedairbhaṅgibhiḥ || “bhaktirniṣevaṇe bhāge racanāyām” iti śabdārṇave”

  • √स्था + क्त्वा

    स्थित्वा

    स्थित्वा, from √स्था

    having stopped — क्त्वा, the absolutive with no prefix on it. Mallinātha glosses विश्रम्य, having rested

  • pronoun, सप्तमी एकवचन locative singular

    तस्मिन्

    तद्

    on that one — Mallinātha supplies which: तस्मिन् आम्रकूटे, the mountain of the last two verses

  • a-stem masculine, सप्तमी एकवचन locative singular

    वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे

    कुञ्ज

    bower — but the compound is a bahuvrīhi and means the mountain that has them. कुञ्ज is masculine as a noun and masculine here too, with the mountain the compound describes

  • a-stem neuter, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    मुहूर्तम्

    printed मुहूर्तं

    मुहूर्त

    for a little while — Mallinātha glosses अल्पकालम् and adds why it is short: न तु चिरं स्वकार्यविरोधात्, not long, because it would work against the errand. The accusative stands as an adverb of time

    मुहूर्तम्, “for a little while”, is an accusative that is not an object. It measures how long the stopping lasts — the accusative of extent in time, कालाध्वनोरत्यन्तसंयोगे द्वितीया, the case Sanskrit puts on a span of time or road that the action fills completely. It is the same use that will put द्रुतम्, “fast”, in the accusative at 1.22 as an adverb of manner: an accusative reaching past the object to say how, or how long. Mallinātha holds it to a short while on purpose — न तु चिरम्, not long, or the errand suffers.

    • Mallinātha, Sañjīvinī — 1.19: muhūrtamalpakālam; na tu ciraṃ svakāryavirodhāt

  • i-stem masculine, प्रथमा एकवचन nominative singular

    तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः

    printed तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिस्तत्परं

    गति

    going — but the compound is a bahuvrīhi and means the one going, as लघुगतिः did at 1.16. The word is feminine as a noun and masculine here, taking the gender of the cloud it describes

  • a-stem neuter, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    तत्परम्

    printed तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिस्तत्परं

    पर

    the further one — Mallinātha glosses अनन्तरम्, the next in order

  • an-stem neuter, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    वर्त्म

    वर्त्मन्

    road — Mallinātha glosses मार्गम्. An an-stem neuter drops its n in this cell, so वर्त्मन् shows as वर्त्म

    वर्त्म, “the road”, is the stem वर्त्मन् in the accusative, and the न् has vanished. वर्त्मन् is an an-stem neuter — a noun ending in the consonant न् — and in the weak cases, of which the neuter accusative singular is one, the न् before the ending drops, leaving वर्त्म. It is the same class and the same loss that gives कर्म from कर्मन् and नाम from नामन्. The word is the one the yakṣa used at 1.13 when he promised to tell the road; here it is the road itself, met at the Vindhya's foot.

    • Bālānandinī (LSK, Telugu) — अन्नन्त / नकारान्त नपुंसक प्रकरणम्; vendor/balanandini-lsk-telugu-ocr.txt

  • √तॄ + क्त, प्रथमा एकवचन nominative singular

    तीर्णः

    तीर्ण, from √तॄ

    having crossed — Mallinātha glosses अतिक्रान्तः. A past participle used actively, as खिन्नः was at 1.13

  • ā-stem feminine, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    रेवाम्

    printed रेवां

    रेवा

    the Revā — Mallinātha glosses नर्मदाम्, and quotes Amara's line of her names: born of Soma, daughter of the Mekhala hills

  • √दृश्, class 1, लृट्, parasmaipada, second person singular

    द्रक्ष्यसि

    printed द्रक्ष्यस्युपलविषमे

    √दृश्

    you will see — the second person, so the whole route is being told to somebody who has not travelled it

  • a-stem masculine, सप्तमी एकवचन locative singular

    उपलविषमे

    printed द्रक्ष्यस्युपलविषमे

    विषम

    uneven — and the compound says with what: with stones

  • a-stem masculine, सप्तमी एकवचन locative singular

    विन्ध्यपादे

    पाद

    at the foot — and Amara lets the word mean the lesser range at a mountain's base, which is what Mallinātha reads here

  • √शॄ + क्त, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    विशीर्णाम्

    printed विशीर्णां

    विशीर्ण, from वि + √शॄ

    broken apart — Mallinātha glosses समन्ततो विसृमराम्, spread out in every direction. The river is not damaged; it is scattered into strands

  • a-stem masculine, तृतीया बहुवचन instrumental plural

    भक्तिच्छेदैः

    printed भक्तिच्छेदैरिव

    छेद

    by the strokes — Mallinātha glosses भङ्गिभिः, the turns a brush makes

  • अव्यय

    इव

    printed भक्तिच्छेदैरिव

    इव

    like — and what follows it is a picture, not a thing: the river is being seen as paint on an elephant

  • √रच् + णिच् + क्त, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    विरचिताम्

    printed विरचितां

    विरचित, from वि + √रच् with णिच्

    laid on, made — a past participle from the causative, so it means something somebody put there rather than something that happened

  • i-stem feminine, द्वितीया एकवचन accusative singular

    भूतिम्

    printed भूतिमङ्गे

    भूति

    the ornament painted on an elephant — Viśva gives the word four senses and Mallinātha offers two of them here, शृङ्गार, the decoration, or भसित, ash. Either way it is white on a dark hide

    The verse ends in a comparison, and भूतिम् इव is its hinge. भूति is a word Viśva gives four senses, and Mallinātha offers two that both work: शृङ्गार, the white ornamental design painted on an elephant, or भसित, ash smeared on it. Either way it is white on a dark hide, laid on in strokes — भक्तिच्छेदैः विरचिताम्, made with the turns of a brush. The Revā scattered into pale strands over the dark boulders of the Vindhya is that design: not the river damaged, but the river drawn.

    • Mallinātha, Sañjīvinī — 1.19: bhūtiṃ śṛṅgāramiva bhasitamiva vā || “bhūtirmātaṅgaśṛṅgāre jātau bhasmani sampadi” iti viśvaḥ

  • a-stem neuter, सप्तमी एकवचन locative singular

    अङ्गे

    printed भूतिमङ्गे

    अङ्ग

    on the body — Mallinātha glosses शरीरे

  • a-stem masculine, षष्ठी एकवचन genitive singular

    गजस्य

    गज

    of an elephant — the third elephant of the journey, after the ones holding up the quarters at 1.14

तस्मिन् · वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे · मुहूर्तम् · स्थित्वा · तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः · तत्परम् · वर्त्म · तीर्णः · उपलविषमे · विन्ध्यपादे · विशीर्णाम् · गजस्य · अङ्गे · भक्तिच्छेदैः · विरचिताम् · भूतिम् · इव · रेवाम् · द्रक्ष्यसि

uncheckedMallinātha, Sañjīvinī, whose commentary is written as anvaya“ihānvayamukhenaiva sarvaṃ vyākhyāyate mayā”

the dependency structure

द्रक्ष्यसि · क्रिया — you will see; the future (लृट्) of √दृश्, and it is in the second person, so the whole road is being told to someone who has not travelled it

रेवाम् · कर्म — the Revā, the Narmadā, what you will see

विशीर्णाम् · broken apart — a past participle agreeing with the river, spread into strands rather than damaged

विन्ध्यपादे · अधिकरण — at the foot of the Vindhya, the lesser range at its base

उपलविषमे · made uneven by stones — agreeing with the foot, and it is the stones that split the river

इव · like — what follows is a picture, not a thing: the river seen as paint on an elephant

भूतिम् · उपमान — like the white design, the ornament or the ash smeared on a dark hide

विरचिताम् · laid on — a past participle of the causative agreeing with the design, so something put there, not something that happened

भक्तिच्छेदैः · करण — by the broken strokes of the pattern, the turns a brush makes

अङ्गे · अधिकरण — on the body

गजस्य · of an elephant — the third elephant of the journey

तीर्णः · having crossed — a past participle used actively, describing the cloud that has gone over the road

वर्त्म · कर्म — the road it has crossed

तत्परम् · the further one — agreeing with the road, the stretch beyond Āmrakūṭa

तोयोत्सर्गद्रुततरगतिः · कर्ता — you, whose going is quicker for having let the water go, a bahuvrīhi for the cloud

स्थित्वा · having stopped — the absolutive, क्त्वा with no prefix on it

मुहूर्तम् · for a little while — the accusative standing as an adverb of how long

तस्मिन् · अधिकरण — on that one, the mountain of the last two verses

वनचरवधूभुक्तकुञ्जे · whose leaf-bowers the forest women use — a bahuvrīhi describing the mountain

uncheckedMallinātha’s Sañjīvinī for the anvaya and the reading; the Telugu drawn from Vedam Venkataraya Sastri’s Āndhra Meghasandeśam and the Bālānandinī

Stop a little while on that mountain, where the forest women have their bowers of creeper, and then — lighter and quicker now that you have let the water go — cross the next stretch of road. At the boulder-strewn foot of the Vindhya you will see the Revā broken into strands, like the pattern somebody has painted in broken strokes on the body of an elephant.

uncheckedthe reader's reading, following Mallinātha's gloss

Stop a little while on that mountain, where the forest women have their bowers of creeper, and then — lighter and quicker now that you have let the water go — cross the next stretch of road. At the boulder-strewn foot of the Vindhya you will see the Revā broken into strands, like the pattern somebody has painted in broken strokes on the body of an elephant.

  • Mallinātha, Sañjīvinī — 1.19, whole-verse gloss

No figure is named for this verse by the commentary this reading follows, so none is shown.