महामरकताभाभिः शाद्वलस्थलनीलिमम् । द्रष्टृदृश्यक्षयासक्तजातध्वान्तोऽन्धकालिमम् ॥ १४ ॥
mahāmarakatābhābhiḥ śādvalasthalanīlimam | draṣṭṛdṛśyakṣayāsaktajātadhvāntō’ndhakālimam || 14 ||
Translation
blue as meadow land with the glow of great emeralds, and black with a darkness born of attachment to the end of seer and seen, the darkness of the blind;
Word by word
- mahā
- great
- marakata
- emeralds
- ābhābhiḥ
- with the glow of
- śādvala
- meadow
- sthala
- land
- nīlimam
- blue as
- draṣṭṛ
- of seer
- dṛśya
- and seen
- kṣaya
- to the end
- āsakta
- of attachment
- jāta
- born
- dhvāntō
- (dhvāntaḥ) with a darkness
- andha
- of the blind
- kālimam
- black
Meaning
A striking image in the middle of the colours. Some parts of the sky are dark as the darkness that comes on those who cling to the destruction of seer and seen: the commentary takes it as a darkness that strives to destroy the sight of the seeing and the colours they see. Another commentary: dark as a place left black by the destruction of seer and seen.