निरस्तकालिमा रत्नशिखेवाऽस्ततमःपटा । प्रतिज्वलत्यलं प्रज्ञा पदार्थप्रविभागिनी ॥ १३ ॥
nirastakālimā ratnaśikhēvā’statamaḥpaṭā | pratijvalatyalaṁ prajñā padārthapravibhāginī || 13 ||
Translation
Insight that discerns things shines out brightly, its stain removed, the veil of darkness thrown off, like the flame of a gem-lamp.
Word by word
- nirasta
- removed
- kālimā
- its stain
- ratna
- of a gem-lamp
- śikhā
- the flame
- iva
- like
- asta
- thrown off
- tamaḥ
- of darkness
- paṭā
- the veil
- pratijvalati
- shines out
- alaṁ
- brightly
- prajñā
- insight
- padārtha
- things
- pravibhāginī
- that discerns
Meaning
A gem-lamp gives light without smoke or soot. The commentary: the covering of ignorance is gone, and insight that tells things apart blazes out. The flame of an oil lamp blackens; this one leaves nothing behind.