Dasakam 041 - Sloka 03
Nārāyaṇīyaṃ - Learn to Chant · Kumar Vembu
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त्वत्पीतपूतस्तनतच्छरीरात् समुच्चलन्नुच्चतरो हि धूम: । शङ्कामधादागरव: किमेष किं चान्दनो गौल्गुलवोऽथवेति ॥३॥
त्वत्-पीत-पूत-स्तन-by Thee sucked, the purified breasts, from (them)तत्-शरीरात् समुच्चलन्-(from that body) rising up profuselyउच्चतर: हि धूम:high up indeed the smokeशङ्काम्-अधात्-(made) doubt to ariseअगरव: किम्-एष(smell) of agaru is this,किम् चान्दन:(or) is it sandalwoodगौल्गुलव:-अथवा-or from gulgulu (frankincense)इतिthus (the doubt)
The breasts of Pootanaa were made pure by Thy having sucked them. Therefore, when her body was burnt, huge volumes of smoke rose in the sky, so fragrant that it produced doubt in the minds of the people as to what it was - agaru, sandalwood, or gulgulu (frankincense) incense.