अनुल्लिखितचित्रस्य चित्रव्याप्तेव भित्तिभूः । परिविस्मर्यमाणार्थकल्पनानगरीनिभा ॥ ३८ ॥
anullikhitacitrasya citravyāptēva bhittibhūḥ | parivismaryamāṇārthakalpanānagarīnibhā || 38 ||
Translation
like the ground of a wall as if filled with a picture that has not been drawn, like a city of fancy whose meaning is being forgotten,
Word by word
- anullikhita
- that has not been drawn
- citrasya
- with a picture
- citra
- with a picture
- vyāptā
- filled
- iva
- as if
- bhitti
- of a wall
- bhūḥ
- the ground
- parivismaryamāṇa
- being forgotten
- artha
- whose meaning
- kalpanā
- of fancy
- nagarī
- a city
- nibhā
- like
Meaning
The commentary: like a wall in a house where no picture was ever painted, yet which seems full of pictures. The fading city of fancy is a thought half gone. These are the traces the world leaves for one who is free.