उपशान्तं च कान्तं च दीप्तमप्रतिघाति च । निभृतं चोर्जिताकारं दधानं भास्वरं वपुः ॥ १९ ॥
upaśāntaṁ ca kāntaṁ ca dīptamapratighāti ca | nibhṛtaṁ cōrjitākāraṁ dadhānaṁ bhāsvaraṁ vapuḥ || 19 ||
Translation
bearing a radiant body that was calm and lovely, blazing yet harming none, composed and yet full of power;
Word by word
- upaśāntaṁ
- calm
- ca
- and
- kāntaṁ
- lovely
- dīptam
- blazing
- apratighāti
- harming none
- nibhṛtaṁ
- composed
- urjita
- full of power
- ākāraṁ
- in form
- dadhānaṁ
- bearing
- bhāsvaraṁ
- a radiant
- vapuḥ
- body
Meaning
The pairs are meant to sound like opposites: calm and blazing, gentle and powerful. A true sage holds them together.