बभूवतुर्भृशं शान्ते शुद्धे स्पन्दविवर्जिते । गिरौ शरदि निर्वात इव भ्रष्टाभ्रमालिके ॥ ६ ॥
babhūvaturbhṛśaṁ śāntē śuddhē spandavivarjitē | girau śaradi nirvāta iva bhraṣṭābhramālikē || 6 ||
Translation
They became utterly at peace, pure, free of movement, like a mountain in autumn without wind, its rows of cloud fallen away.
Word by word
- babhūvatur
- (babhūvatuḥ) they became
- bhṛśaṁ
- utterly
- śāntē
- at peace
- śuddhē
- pure
- spanda
- of movement
- vivarjitē
- free
- girau
- a mountain
- śaradi
- in autumn
- nirvāta
- (nirvāte) without wind
- iva
- like
- bhraṣṭa
- fallen away
- abhra
- of cloud
- mālikē
- its rows
Meaning
The commentary: as in autumn, on a windless mountain, the rows of cloud fall away and the mountain stands white, cool and motionless, so they became pure, at peace and without stir. Purity, peace and stillness are the three marks; the cloud is thought.