उत्तस्थुर्मिहिकारम्भसमता वनभूमिषु । विज्ञानश्रवणादन्तःशीतलाः शान्तता इव ॥ ७ ॥
uttasthurmihikārambhasamatā vanabhūmiṣu | vijñānaśravaṇādantaḥśītalāḥ śāntatā iva || 7 ||
Translation
In the forest lands the mist began to rise, evening everything out, like the calm, cool within, that comes from hearing wisdom.
Word by word
- uttasthur
- (uttasthuḥ) began to rise
- mihikā
- the mist
- ārambha
- beginning
- samatā
- evening out
- vana
- in the forest
- bhūmiṣu
- lands
- vijñāna
- wisdom
- śravaṇād
- (śravaṇāt) from hearing
- antaḥ
- within
- śītalāḥ
- cool
- śāntatā
- the calm
- iva
- like
Meaning
The commentary: as hearing knowledge brings a cool calm within, so the beginning of the mist brought evenness to the woods. Mist levels the land, hiding its heights and hollows; understanding levels the mind.