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Chapter 11.18 - Verse 14

Sanskrit Text

हंसगद्गदभाषिण्यो दुःखशोकप्रमोहिताः सारस्य इव वाशन्त्यः पतिताः पश्य माधव

English Translation

See, O Madhava, those young ladies having beautiful breasts and abdomen, born in respectable families, of great modesty, having black eye-lashes and tresses of the same color on their heads, having voice sweet and dear like that of swans, are falling down, unconscious from great grief and crying piteously like fights of cranes.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

हंस + गद्गद + भाषिन् | दुःख + शोक + प्रमोहय्
सारस्य | इव | वाशन्त्यः | पतिताः | पश्य | माधव