Canonical Ref: BK 11.36
Metrical Form: इन्द्रवज्रा
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अक्ष्णोः पतन्नील-सरो-ज-लोभाद्भृङ्गः करेणाऽल्प-धिया निरस्तः । ददंश ताम्राऽम्बु-रुहाऽभिसन्धिस्त्र्णाऽऽतुरः पाणि-तलेऽपि धृष्णुः ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
Attacking the eyes through a craving for the blue lotus and warded off with her hand by (a lady) of low intellect, the daring bee, distressed by thirst and under the wrong impression that (the hand was) a red lotus, stung the palm of the hand too.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 11.36. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.