इत्युक्तवत्यथ मुनौ दिवसो जगाम सायन्तनाय विधयेऽस्तमिनो जगाम । स्नातुं सभा कृतनमस्करणा जगाम श्यामाक्षये रविकरैश्च सहाऽऽजगाम ॥ ८६ ॥
ityuktavatyatha munau divasō jagāma sāyantanāya vidhayē’staminō jagāma | snātuṁ sabhā kṛtanamaskaraṇā jagāma śyāmākṣayē ravikaraiśca sahā’’jagāma || 86 ||
Translation
When the sage had spoken thus, the day went; the sun went to setting, for the evening rites; the assembly, having bowed, went to bathe; and with the night's end it came back, with the sun's rays.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- uktavati
- had spoken
- atha
- when
- munau
- the sage
- divasō
- (divasaḥ) the day
- jagāma
- went
- sāyantanāya
- for the evening
- vidhayē
- rites
- astam
- to setting
- inō
- (inaḥ) the sun
- snātuṁ
- to bathe
- sabhā
- the assembly
- kṛta
- having
- namaskaraṇā
- bowed
- śyāmā
- of the night
- kṣayē
- at the end
- ravi
- of the sun
- karaiś
- (karaiḥ) with the rays
- ca
- and
- saha
- with
- ājagāma
- came back
Meaning
The sarga ends in a vasantatilakā verse every line of which ends in jagāma, "went": a poet's flourish to close the third day of the teaching. The commentary: when the sage had said this, the day passed; the sun went to the western mountain; the assembly of sages rose to bathe for the evening twilight rites, the fire offering and the rest; and when the night was over, at sunrise, the assembly gathered again. The last word is ā-jagāma, "came back": the teaching resumes with the light.