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तां ददर्शानुधावन्तीं चाण्डालीमिव रूपिणीम् ।
जरया वेपमानाङ्गीं यक्ष्मग्रस्तामसृक्पटाम् ।
विकीर्य पलितान्केशांस् तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति भाषिणीम् ।
मीनगन्ध्यसुगन्धेन कुर्वतीं मार्गदूषणम् ॥ १३ ॥

tam dadarsanudhavantim

candalim iva rupinim

jaraya vepamanaṅgim

yaksma-grastam asrk-patam

vikirya palitan kesams

tistha tistheti bhasinim

mina-gandhy-asu-gandhena

kurvatim marga-dusanam

tam-the sinful reaction; dadarsa-he saw; anudhavantim-chasing; candalim-a woman of the lowest class; iva-like; rupinim-taking a form; jaraya-because of old age; vepamana-aṅgim-whose bodily limbs were trembling; yaksma-grastam-infected with tuberculosis; asrk-patam-whose clothes were covered with blood; vikirya-scattering; palitan-grayed; kesan-hair; tistha tistha-wait, wait; iti-thus; bhasinim-calling; mina-gandhi-the smell of fish; asu-whose breath; gandhena-by the odor; kurvatim-bringing about; marga-dusanam-the pollution of the whole street.