इत्युक्तवत्यथ मुनौ दिवसो जगाम सायन्तनाय विधयेऽस्तमिनो जगाम । स्नातुं सभा कृतनमस्करणा जगाम श्यामाक्षये रविकरैश्च सहाऽऽजगाम ॥ ३३ ॥
ityuktavatyatha munau divasō jagāma sāyantanāya vidhayē’staminō jagāma | snātuṁ sabhā kṛtanamaskaraṇā jagāma śyāmākṣayē ravikaraiśca sahā’’jagāma || 33 ||
Translation
When the sage had said this, the day departed; the sun departed to set, for the evening rites; the assembly, having bowed, departed to bathe; and with the sun's rays, at the waning of the dark, it came back.
Word by word
- itya
- (iti) this
- uktavatya
- (uktavati) had said
- atha
- then
- munau
- when the sage
- divasō
- (divasaḥ) the day
- jagāma
- departed
- sāyantanāya
- evening
- vidhayē
- for the rites
- astam
- to set
- inō
- (inaḥ) the sun
- snātuṁ
- to bathe
- sabhā
- the assembly
- kṛta
- having
- namaskaraṇā
- bowed
- śyāmā
- of the dark
- kṣayē
- at the waning
- ravi
- of the sun
- karaiś
- (karaiḥ) rays
- ca
- and
- saha
- with
- ājagāma
- came back
Meaning
The day closes, the fourth of the telling, in a vasantatilakā verse that ends three of its lines on the same word, "departed", and the last on "came back". Another commentary: when the great sage Vasiṣṭha had said this much, the day ended and the sun went to the western mountain; the whole assembly went to perform the evening bathing and rites, and when the night had passed it came back with the sun's rays.