मीनोपसन्दर्शितमेखलानाम् displaying fish as girdles, नदीवधूनाम् of riverbrides, गतयः flow, अद्य now, प्रभातकालेषु in the early morning, इव as if, कान्तोपभुक्तालसगामिनीनाम् like the women exhausted with sexual pleasures, कामिनीनाम् इव like the beloveds, मन्दाः gentle.

'Now the riverbrides, displaying their girdles of fish, have slowed down like the gait of sensuous ladies in the early morning, exhausted by sexual pleasures.