यत्किञ्चनकरी क्रूरा ग्राम्यता विनिवर्तते । दीनानना पिशाचानां लीलेव दिवसागमे ॥ २३ ॥
yatkiñcanakarī krūrā grāmyatā vinivartatē | dīnānanā piśācānāṁ līlēva divasāgamē || 23 ||
Translation
The cruel coarseness that does whatever it likes turns away, as the play of ghosts, with their wretched faces, ends at the coming of day.
Word by word
- yatkiñcana
- whatever it likes
- karī
- that does
- krūrā
- cruel
- grāmyatā
- coarseness
- vinivartatē
- turns away
- dīna
- wretched
- ānanā
- with faces
- piśācānāṁ
- of ghosts
- līlā
- the play
- iva
- as
- divasa
- of day
- āgamē
- at the coming
Meaning
Grāmyatā, coarseness, is glossed by the commentary as harsh, indecent speech that causes enmity. It belongs to the night, and at daybreak it is gone. The refinement of verse 7 is its opposite.