श्रीदेव्युवाच एतावतीमिमां व्योम्नः पदवीमागताऽसि भोः । अर्कादीन्यपि तेजांसि यतो दृश्यन्त एव नो ॥ ४८ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca ētāvatīmimāṁ vyōmnaḥ padavīmāgatā’si bhōḥ | arkādīnyapi tējāṁsi yatō dṛśyanta ēva nō || 48 ||
Translation
The goddess said: You have come so far along this path of the sky, dear, that from here even the sun and the other lights are not seen at all.
Word by word
- ētāvatīm
- so far
- imāṁ
- this
- vyōmnaḥ
- of the sky
- padavīm
- path
- āgatā
- come
- asi
- you have
- bhōḥ
- dear
- arka
- the sun
- ādīni
- and the other
- api
- even
- tējāṁsi
- lights
- yatō
- from here
- dṛśyanta
- are seen
- ēva
- at all
- nō
- not
Meaning
The darkness is not a thing that has come; it is only distance. The lights are still there, far below.