नवसङ्गमसव्रीडाः bashful of the sexual union with husband for the first time, योषितः young women, जघनानीव their loins, शरन्नद्यः bashful, पुलिनानि sand banks, शनैः शनैः slowly, दर्शयन्ति show.

'Just as bashful young brides show their loins slowly during their first sexual meet the rivers start showing their sandy banks slowly in autumn.