आस्थानभूमिं भृत्याश्च मार्जयामासुरादृताः । प्रावृट्पयोदमलिनं खं शरद्वासरा इव ॥ ४७ ॥
āsthānabhūmiṁ bhṛtyāśca mārjayāmāsurādṛtāḥ | prāvṛṭpayōdamalinaṁ khaṁ śaradvāsarā iva || 47 ||
Translation
And the servants carefully swept the hall of audience, as the days of autumn clear the sky darkened by the clouds of the rains.
Word by word
- āsthāna
- of audience
- bhūmiṁ
- the hall
- bhṛtyāś
- (bhṛtyāḥ) the servants
- ca
- and
- mārjayāmāsur
- (mārjayāmāsuḥ) swept
- ādṛtāḥ
- carefully
- prāvṛṭ
- of the rains
- payōda
- by the clouds
- malinaṁ
- darkened
- khaṁ
- the sky
- śarad
- of autumn
- vāsarā
- (vāsarāḥ) the days
- iva
- as
Meaning
The commentary: as the days of autumn make clear the sky darkened by the clouds of the rains, so the servants, skilled in their work, made the assembly hall spotless.