प्रभापीततमःपुञ्जाः पेतुः पुष्पोत्करा भुवि । चण्डमारुतविध्वस्तास्तारकानिकरा इव ॥ ५३ ॥
prabhāpītatamaḥpuñjāḥ pētuḥ puṣpōtkarā bhuvi | caṇḍamārutavidhvastāstārakānikarā iva || 53 ||
Translation
Heaps of flowers fell on the ground, their glow drinking up the masses of darkness, like hosts of stars scattered by a fierce wind.
Word by word
- prabhā
- their glow
- pīta
- drinking up
- tamaḥ
- of darkness
- puñjāḥ
- the masses
- pētuḥ
- fell
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- utkarā
- (utkarāḥ) heaps
- bhuvi
- on the ground
- caṇḍa
- fierce
- māruta
- by a wind
- vidhvastās
- (vidhvastāḥ) scattered
- tārakā
- of stars
- nikarā
- (nikarāḥ) hosts
- iva
- like
Meaning
The commentary: flowers that destroyed the veil of darkness by their brightness fell to the earth in the gusts, as hosts of stars fall scattered by the wind of the dissolution.