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sthiraṅ tu hṛdayaṅ manyē mamēdaṅ yanna dīryatē.

prāvṛṣīva mahānadyā spṛṣṭaṅ kūlaṅ navāmbhasā৷৷2.20.49৷৷

Translation

prāvṛṣi in rainy season, navāmbhasā with fresh water, spṛṣṭam contacted, mahānadyāḥ mighty river's, kūlam iva like bank, mama my, idam this, hṛdayam heart, yat for which reason, na dīryatē does not break, sthiram firm (hard), manyē am thinking.

I think my heart must be very firm (hard) like the bark of a great river which, touched by (a flood of) fresh water in the rainy season does not disintegrate.