सोमोऽपि व्योमतां याति मार्तण्डोऽप्येति खण्डताम् । भग्नतामग्निरप्येति कैवाऽऽस्था मादृशे जने ॥ २८ ॥
sōmō’pi vyōmatāṁ yāti mārtaṇḍō’pyēti khaṇḍatām | bhagnatāmagnirapyēti kaivā’’sthā mādṛśē janē || 28 ||
Translation
Even the moon becomes empty sky, even the sun is broken to pieces, even fire comes to be broken: what trust can there be in a person like me?
Word by word
- sōmō
- (somaḥ) the moon
- api
- even
- vyōmatāṁ
- empty sky
- yāti
- becomes
- mārtaṇḍō
- (mārtaṇḍaḥ) the sun
- ēti
- is
- khaṇḍatām
- broken to pieces
- bhagnatām
- to be broken
- agnir
- (agniḥ) fire
- kā
- what
- ēva
- indeed
- āsthā
- trust
- mādṛśē
- like me
- janē
- in a person
Meaning
The moon dissolves into space, the sun shatters, fire goes out. The three lights of the world, which all creatures rely on, end. The verse leaves the reader in a darkness in which only an inner light could remain.