जग्मुस्तिमिरसङ्घाताः पलाय्य क्वाऽप्यदृश्यताम् । श्रुतज्ञानगिरश्चित्तान्महीपानामिवाऽज्ञताः ॥ २८ ॥
jagmustimirasaṅghātāḥ palāyya kvā’pyadṛśyatām | śrutajñānagiraścittānmahīpānāmivā’jñatāḥ || 28 ||
Translation
The masses of darkness fled and vanished somewhere, as ignorance flees from the minds of kings who have heard the words of wisdom.
Word by word
- jagmus
- (jagmuḥ) went
- timira
- of darkness
- saṅghātāḥ
- the masses
- palāyya
- fled
- kva
- where
- api
- somewhere
- adṛśyatām
- vanished
- śruta
- who have heard
- jñāna
- of wisdom
- giraś
- (giraḥ) the words
- cittān
- (cittāt) from the minds
- mahīpānām
- of kings
- iva
- as
- ajñatāḥ
- ignorance
Meaning
The kings in the assembly are meant: having heard Vasiṣṭha, their ignorance has fled. The night is a parable of the day's teaching.