शरोत्कृत्तसितच्छत्रकलहंसैर्नभःस्थलम् । भाति सञ्चितपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बलक्षैरिवाऽऽवृतम् ॥ ३६ ॥
śarōtkṛttasitacchatrakalahaṁsairnabhaḥsthalam | bhāti sañcitapūrṇēndubimbalakṣairivā’’vṛtam || 36 ||
Translation
"With flamingos that are white parasols cut down by arrows, the face of the sky looks as if covered with hundreds of thousands of full moons heaped together."
Word by word
- śara
- by arrows
- utkṛtta
- cut down
- sita
- white
- chatra
- that are parasols
- kalahaṁsair
- (kalahaṃsaiḥ) with flamingos
- nabhaḥsthalam
- the face of the sky
- bhāti
- looks
- sañcita
- heaped together
- pūrṇa
- full
- indu
- moons
- bimba
- discs
- lakṣair
- (lakṣaiḥ) with hundreds of thousands
- iva
- as if
- āvṛtam
- covered
Meaning
The image of v. 33 again: the parasols flying white in the air like geese (kalahaṃsa), or like countless moons.