मध्याह्नकाले दिवसे घनदावाकुला दिशः । अन्तरिक्षं सचन्द्रार्कं साम्भोदपवनध्वनि ॥ ३८ ॥
madhyāhnakālē divasē ghanadāvākulā diśaḥ | antarikṣaṁ sacandrārkaṁ sāmbhōdapavanadhvani || 38 ||
Translation
At midday, in daytime: the quarters thick with forest fire; the sky with moon and sun, and the sound of clouds and wind;
Word by word
- madhyāhna
- at midday
- kālē
- time
- divasē
- in daytime
- ghana
- thick
- dāva
- with forest fire
- ākulā
- filled
- diśaḥ
- the quarters
- antarikṣaṁ
- the sky
- sa
- with
- candra
- moon
- arkaṁ
- and sun
- ambhōda
- of clouds
- pavana
- and wind
- dhvani
- the sound
Meaning
The commentary on verses 38 and 39: at midday she saw the quarters full of dense forest fires, and the sky with sun and moon, loud with clouds and wind. It was midnight in her palace; in his world it is noon. Time too belongs to each imagining.