वीरदोर्दण्डकाश्लेषलम्पटस्त्रीगणाकरम् । शुक्लेन शूरयशसा चन्द्रीकृतदिवाकरम् ॥ २२ ॥
vīradōrdaṇḍakāślēṣalampaṭastrīgaṇākaram | śuklēna śūrayaśasā candrīkṛtadivākaram || 22 ||
Translation
a mine of throngs of women longing to be held in the mighty arms of heroes; where the white fame of the heroes made the sun a moon.
Word by word
- vīra
- of heroes
- dōr
- (doḥ) arms
- daṇḍa
- mighty
- āślēṣa
- to be held
- lampaṭa
- longing
- strī
- of women
- gaṇa
- of throngs
- ākaram
- a mine
- śuklēna
- white
- śūra
- of the heroes
- yaśasā
- by the fame
- candrī
- a moon
- kṛta
- made
- divākaram
- where the sun
Meaning
The description ends with a bold image. Fame in Indian poetry is white, like moonlight. So much glory fills the sky that the sun itself is turned into a moon, its heat cooled by the brightness of fame. The first commentary: the coolness of fame overpowered its heat, and the sun looked like the moon. This was the sky the two goddesses saw (v. 13).