आव्योमसु चतुर्दिक्षु श्वभ्रसम्भारभीषया । अर्द्धोन्म्लानतमोरूपलग्ननीलोत्पलस्रजा ॥ २६ ॥
āvyōmasu caturdikṣu śvabhrasambhārabhīṣayā | arddhōnmlānatamōrūpalagnanīlōtpalasrajā || 26 ||
Translation
reaching the sky in the four directions, terrible with its mass of chasms, with a garland of blue lotuses, the half-faded darkness clinging to it,
Word by word
- āvyōmasu
- reaching the sky
- caturdikṣu
- in the four directions
- śvabhra
- of chasms
- sambhāra
- with its mass
- bhīṣayā
- terrible
- arddha
- half
- unmlāna
- faded
- tamō
- (tamaḥ) darkness
- rūpa
- the form
- lagna
- clinging
- nīla
- blue
- utpala
- of lotuses
- srajā
- with a garland
Meaning
Another commentary: high as the sky on four sides, fearful with chasms, half faded on its far side where the sun does not reach, with a garland of blue lotuses. The darkness on the mountain's far side is pictured as a wreath of dark lotuses.