पतामः परितः पुण्यामेतां दाशरथीं सभाम् । नीरन्ध्रां कनकोद्योतां पद्मिनीमिव षट्पदाः ॥ ३ ॥
patāmaḥ paritaḥ puṇyāmētāṁ dāśarathīṁ sabhām | nīrandhrāṁ kanakōdyōtāṁ padminīmiva ṣaṭpadāḥ || 3 ||
Translation
Let us descend all around on this holy assembly of Daśaratha's son, close-packed and gleaming like gold, as bees on a lotus pool.
Word by word
- patāmaḥ
- let us descend
- paritaḥ
- all around
- puṇyām
- holy
- ētāṁ
- this
- dāśarathīṁ
- of Daśaratha's son
- sabhām
- on assembly
- nīrandhrāṁ
- close-packed
- kanaka
- like gold
- udyōtāṁ
- gleaming
- padminīm
- on a lotus pool
- iva
- as
- ṣaṭpadāḥ
- bees
Meaning
The hall is full (nīrandhra, "without a gap"), golden with its wealth and splendour, and pure. The Siddhas will come down on it as bees come down on a pool of lotuses (padminī), from every side. The commentary: as bees go from all directions to a lotus pond full of flowers and shining with golden pollen. The image fits: bees seek honey, and the sages seek the sweetness of what is about to be taught. The reader may know the pull that draws seekers to a place where something true is being said.