sa -- she; tat -- that noise; jugupsitam -- shameful; matva -- thinking; mahati -- very intelligent; vridita -- shy; tatah -- from her arms; babhanja -- she broke; eka-ekasah -- one by one; sankhan -- the shell bracelets; dvau dvau -- two each; panyoh -- on her two hands; aseshayat -- she kept on.

The young girl feared that the men would consider her family to be poor because their daughter was busily engaged in the menial task of husking rice. Being very intelligent, the shy girl broke the shell bracelets from her arms, leaving just two on each wrist.