समाधिस्थानकं गत्वा तस्थतुर्निश्चलाङ्गिके । रत्नस्तम्भादिवोत्कीर्णे चित्रे भित्ताविवाऽर्पिते ॥ ४ ॥
samādhisthānakaṁ gatvā tasthaturniścalāṅgikē | ratnastambhādivōtkīrṇē citrē bhittāvivā’rpitē || 4 ||
Translation
they went into the state of samādhi and remained with limbs unmoving, like figures carved on a jewelled pillar, like a painting set upon a wall.
Word by word
- samādhi
- of samādhi
- sthānakaṁ
- the state
- gatvā
- went into
- tasthatur
- (tasthatuḥ) they remained
- niścala
- unmoving
- aṅgikē
- with limbs
- ratna
- jewelled
- stambhād
- (stambhāt) on a pillar
- iva
- like
- utkīrṇē
- figures carved
- citrē
- a painting
- bhittāv
- (bhittau) upon a wall
- arpitē
- set
Meaning
The commentary: they sat so still that they seemed two figures cut into a jewelled column, or two pictures hung on a wall. The stillness of the body is the outward sign; what follows describes the inward one.