सर्वास्तत्यजतुश्चिन्ताः सङ्कोचं समुपागते । दिवसान्त इवाऽब्जिन्यौ प्रसृतामोदलेखिके ॥ ५ ॥
sarvāstatyajatuścintāḥ saṅkōcaṁ samupāgatē | divasānta ivā’bjinyau prasṛtāmōdalēkhikē || 5 ||
Translation
They gave up all thoughts and came to closing, like two lotus plants at the day's end, their lines of fragrance spreading.
Word by word
- sarvās
- (sarvāḥ) all
- tatyajatuś
- (tatyajatuḥ) they gave up
- cintāḥ
- thoughts
- saṅkōcaṁ
- to closing
- samupāgatē
- came
- divasa
- of the day
- anta
- (ante) at the end
- iva
- like
- abjinyau
- two lotus plants
- prasṛta
- spreading
- āmōda
- of fragrance
- lēkhikē
- their lines
Meaning
The commentary: all their anxieties left them as the senses withdrew from their objects, and they were like two lotus plants at dusk, surrounded by fragrance. A lotus closes at evening and keeps its scent; so the senses close and something of sweetness remains.