पश्चादालोकयामास समतीतं नभस्थलम् । यावन्न किञ्चिच्चन्द्रार्कताराद्यालक्ष्यते ह्यधः ॥ ४५ ॥
paścādālōkayāmāsa samatītaṁ nabhasthalam | yāvanna kiñciccandrārkatārādyālakṣyatē hyadhaḥ || 45 ||
Translation
She looked back over the expanse of sky she had crossed, and nothing, moon, sun, stars or the rest, could be seen below.
Word by word
- paścād
- (paścāt) back
- ālōkayāmāsa
- she looked
- samatītaṁ
- she had crossed
- nabhasthalam
- the expanse of sky
- yāvan
- (yāvat) until
- na
- nothing
- kiñcic
- (kiñcit) anything
- candra
- moon
- arka
- sun
- tārā
- stars
- ādya
- or the rest
- ālakṣyatē
- could be seen
- hi
- indeed
- adhaḥ
- below
Meaning
From such a height the lights of the sky have vanished. The verse sets up Līlā's question.