प्रशान्ताज्ञाननीहारं विज्ञानशरदम्बरम् । समुत्कीर्णमिव स्तम्भे चित्रं भित्ताविवोदितम् ॥ २७ ॥
praśāntājñānanīhāraṁ vijñānaśaradambaram | samutkīrṇamiva stambhē citraṁ bhittāvivōditam || 27 ||
Translation
yet with the mist of ignorance calmed, it is the autumn sky of knowledge; like a figure carved on a pillar, like a picture risen on a wall,
Word by word
- praśānta
- calmed
- ajñāna
- of ignorance
- nīhāraṁ
- with the mist
- vijñāna
- of knowledge
- śarad
- autumn
- ambaram
- the sky
- samutkīrṇam
- carved
- iva
- like
- stambhē
- on a pillar
- citraṁ
- a picture
- bhittau
- on a wall
- uditam
- risen
Meaning
The turn in the long description. The commentary: from the standpoint of the highest truth, the world is nothing but the clear autumn sky of knowledge, with the mist of ignorance gone. The carved figure and the painted picture come back: the pillar and the wall are real, the figures on them are only their shapes.