काञ्चनाभरणोद्योतकनकीकृतदिङ्मुखाः । बुद्धिस्थमुनिवागर्थसंशान्तेन्द्रियवृत्तयः ॥ १७ ॥
kāñcanābharaṇōdyōtakanakīkṛtadiṅmukhāḥ | buddhisthamunivāgarthasaṁśāntēndriyavṛttayaḥ || 17 ||
Translation
turning the quarters gold with the gleam of their golden ornaments, the workings of their senses stilled by the sense of the sage's words held in their minds,
Word by word
- kāñcana
- golden
- ābharaṇa
- of their ornaments
- udyōta
- with the gleam
- kanakīkṛta
- turning gold
- diṅmukhāḥ
- the quarters
- buddhi
- in their minds
- stha
- held
- muni
- of the sage's
- vāg
- (vāk) words
- artha
- by the sense
- saṁśānta
- stilled
- indriya
- of their senses
- vṛttayaḥ
- the workings
Meaning
Outwardly, gold and light; inwardly, stillness. The two commentaries agree: holding in their understanding the meaning of Vasiṣṭha's words, they had the senses at rest. This is the true ornament the assembly carries home.