भानोर्भासा भूषितैर्मेघलेशैः किञ्चित्किञ्चित्कुङ्कुमच्छाययेव । पाश्चात्योऽद्रिः पीतवासाः समेघै- स्ताराहारः श्रीयुतः खं समेतः ॥ २३ ॥
bhānōrbhāsā bhūṣitairmēghalēśaiḥ kiñcitkiñcitkuṅkumacchāyayēva | pāścātyō’driḥ pītavāsāḥ samēghai- stārāhāraḥ śrīyutaḥ khaṁ samētaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
With wisps of cloud adorned by the sun's glow, here and there as if with the tint of saffron, the western mountain, robed in yellow, with clouds and a necklace of stars, entered the sky in splendour.
Word by word
- bhānōr
- (bhānoḥ) of the sun
- bhāsā
- by the glow
- bhūṣitair
- (bhūṣitaiḥ) adorned
- mēgha
- of cloud
- lēśaiḥ
- with wisps
- kiñcit
- here; and there
- kuṅkuma
- of saffron
- chāyayā
- with the tint
- iva
- as if
- pāścātyō
- (pāścātyaḥ) the western
- adriḥ
- mountain
- pīta
- in yellow
- vāsāḥ
- robed
- samēghais
- (sameghaiḥ) with clouds
- tārā
- of stars
- hāraḥ
- a necklace
- śrīyutaḥ
- in splendour
- khaṁ
- the sky
- samētaḥ
- entered
Meaning
A verse in śālinī, a longer metre, marks the sunset; the same verse returns, with the eastern mountain, at dawn (v. 33). Another commentary: the western mountain took on the beauty of Viṣṇu, who wears yellow and is adorned with Śrī. The mountain at sunset is dressed like the god.