स्वर्गगीतस्तवोन्मत्तमदनाक्रान्तमार्गगम् । अनारतवहद्धिष्ण्यचक्रलक्षितपक्षकम् ॥ २७ ॥
svargagītastavōnmattamadanākrāntamārgagam | anāratavahaddhiṣṇyacakralakṣitapakṣakam || 27 ||
Translation
its travellers overcome by love, maddened by the songs and hymns of heaven; its fortnights marked by the ceaseless turning of the wheel of the stars;
Word by word
- svarga
- of heaven
- gīta
- by the songs
- stava
- and hymns
- unmatta
- maddened
- madanā
- by love
- ākrānta
- overcome
- mārgagam
- its travellers
- anārata
- ceaseless
- vahad
- (vahat) turning
- dhiṣṇya
- of the stars
- cakra
- the wheel
- lakṣita
- marked by
- pakṣakam
- its fortnights
Meaning
The commentary: by the unceasing motion of the wheel of the heavens the passage of the sun and the rest shows the bright and dark fortnights. The sky is a clock as well as a pleasure-ground.