शमचन्द्रमसा येषामाशयः समलङ्कृतः । क्षीरोदानामिवोदेति तेषां परमशुद्धता ॥ ५४ ॥
śamacandramasā yēṣāmāśayaḥ samalaṅkṛtaḥ | kṣīrōdānāmivōdēti tēṣāṁ paramaśuddhatā || 54 ||
Translation
Those whose hearts are adorned by the moon of peace: in them there rises the highest purity, as in the oceans of milk.
Word by word
- śama
- of peace
- candramasā
- by the moon
- yēṣām
- those whose
- āśayaḥ
- hearts
- samalaṅkṛtaḥ
- are adorned
- kṣīrōdānām
- of the oceans of milk
- iva
- as
- udēti
- rises
- tēṣāṁ
- in them
- parama
- the highest
- śuddhatā
- purity
Meaning
The commentary explains this as the great whiteness that abides in the ocean of milk. The moon is said to have come out of that ocean, so the image is a family one. Āśaya, the seat of the mind, is also where the tendencies lie stored, and it is there that purity is said to rise.