भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रख्यं सौम्यैकार्णवसुन्दरम् । नारायणाङ्गसदृशं भृङ्गपृष्ठामलच्छवि ॥ ४० ॥
bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyaṁ saumyaikārṇavasundaram | nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśaṁ bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi || 40 ||
Translation
like a heap of crushed collyrium, lovely as a calm and single ocean, like the body of Nārāyaṇa, its sheen as clear as a bee's back.
Word by word
- bhinna
- crushed
- añjana
- of collyrium
- caya
- a heap
- prakhyaṁ
- like
- saumya
- calm
- ēka
- single
- arṇava
- as an ocean
- sundaraṁ
- lovely
- nārāyaṇa
- of Nārāyaṇa
- aṅga
- the body
- sadṛśaṁ
- like
- bhṛṅga
- a bee's
- pṛṣṭha
- back
- amala
- clear
- chavi
- its sheen
Meaning
Four images of the deep blue-black of the sky: crushed collyrium, a still ocean, the dark body of Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa), the glossy back of a black bee.