साधुवादगिरा सार्धं सिद्धसार्थसमीरिता । वितानकसमा व्योम्नः पौष्पी वृष्टिः पपात ह ॥ १३ ॥
sādhuvādagirā sārdhaṁ siddhasārthasamīritā | vitānakasamā vyōmnaḥ pauṣpī vṛṣṭiḥ papāta ha || 13 ||
Translation
a rain of flowers, like a canopy spread over the sky, fell, sent down by the hosts of Siddhas, along with cries of "Well said!"
Word by word
- sādhuvāda
- of "Well said!"
- girā
- with cries
- sārdhaṁ
- along
- siddha
- of Siddhas
- sārtha
- by the hosts
- samīritā
- sent down
- vitānaka
- a canopy
- samā
- like
- vyōmnaḥ
- over the sky
- pauṣpī
- of flowers
- vṛṣṭiḥ
- a rain
- papāta
- fell
- ha
- indeed
Meaning
The heavens respond as they do in the epics when something great is done: a rain of flowers (puṣpa-vṛṣṭi). It is dense enough to look like an awning (vitānaka) across the sky. It falls with voices saying sādhu, "well done, well said" (sādhuvāda), which give the sarga its name. The commentary adds that the Siddhas and Gandharvas who showered the flowers were themselves seekers of liberation (mumukṣu). The reader may notice that the praise is not for a deed of arms or a sacrifice but for a question honestly asked.