अविनाशिबृहत्तेजः क्वचिदर्कानलोपमम् । हिमानीजठराशीतं क्वचिच्चन्द्रादिसद्मसु ॥ ४४ ॥
avināśibṛhattējaḥ kvacidarkānalōpamam | himānījaṭharāśītaṁ kvaciccandrādisadmasu || 44 ||
Translation
in one place a vast unfailing light like the sun and fire; in another, in the mansions of the moon and the rest, cold as the heart of a glacier;
Word by word
- avināśi
- unfailing
- bṛhat
- vast
- tējaḥ
- light
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- arka
- the sun
- anala
- and fire
- upamam
- like
- himānī
- of a glacier
- jaṭhara
- as the heart
- āśītaṁ
- cold
- kvacic
- (kvacit) in another
- candra
- of the moon
- ādi
- and the rest
- sadmasu
- in the mansions
Meaning
Heat and cold as extreme as darkness and light: the sky holds all the opposites side by side.