सर्वार्थशीतला शुद्धा परमालोकदाऽस्य धीः । परं प्रकाशमायाति ज्योत्स्नेव शरदैन्दवी ॥ २० ॥
sarvārthaśītalā śuddhā paramālōkadā’sya dhīḥ | paraṁ prakāśamāyāti jyōtsnēva śaradaindavī || 20 ||
Translation
His understanding, cooling to all things, pure, giving the highest light, comes to the highest brightness, like the moonlight of autumn.
Word by word
- sarva
- to all
- artha
- things
- śītalā
- cooling
- śuddhā
- pure
- parama
- the highest
- ālōka
- light
- dā
- giving
- asya
- his
- dhīḥ
- understanding
- paraṁ
- the highest
- prakāśam
- brightness
- āyāti
- comes to
- jyōtsnā
- the moonlight
- iva
- like
- śaradaindavī
- of the autumn moon
Meaning
The commentary: as autumn moonlight, cooling all things and very bright, reaches its full beauty, so the understanding of one who reflects on this work, cooling all things and showing the supreme Self, comes to the highest light. Moonlight cools and illuminates at once, as this understanding does.