प्रभ्रष्टचित्रसेनेव किञ्चिल्लभ्योपलम्भना । शतांशशिष्टा भवति संशान्तभ्रान्तरूपिणी ॥ ३४ ॥
prabhraṣṭacitrasēnēva kiñcillabhyōpalambhanā | śatāṁśaśiṣṭā bhavati saṁśāntabhrāntarūpiṇī || 34 ||
Translation
Like a painted army half rubbed away, it can be glimpsed only a little; a hundredth part remains, its form of delusion calmed,
Word by word
- prabhraṣṭa
- half rubbed away
- citra
- painted
- sēnā
- an army
- iva
- like
- kiñcil
- (kiñcit) only a little
- labhya
- can be glimpsed
- upalambhanā
- its perception
- śata
- a hundredth
- aṁśa
- part
- śiṣṭā
- remains
- bhavati
- it is
- saṁśānta
- calmed
- bhrānta
- of delusion
- rūpiṇī
- its form
Meaning
The commentary: as a worn painting of an army shows only a few traces, so the world, its delusion calmed, remains only as a hundredth part. This describes the life of one freed while living: the world still appears, faintly, and no longer holds him. The next verses add images of such a faint remainder.