बिभ्रज्जलानलाकारं ज्वलति द्रवति द्रुतम् । चन्द्रोऽमृतं प्रसवति मृतं हालाहलं विषम् ॥ १९ ॥
bibhrajjalānalākāraṁ jvalati dravati drutam | candrō’mṛtaṁ prasavati mṛtaṁ hālāhalaṁ viṣam || 19 ||
Translation
Taking the form of water and fire, he flows and burns swiftly; as the moon he pours out nectar; as the deadly hālāhala poison, death.
Word by word
- bibhraj
- (bibhrat) taking
- jala
- of water
- anala
- and fire
- ākāraṁ
- the form
- jvalati
- he burns
- dravati
- he flows
- drutam
- swiftly
- candrō
- as the moon
- amṛtaṁ
- nectar
- prasavati
- he pours out
- mṛtaṁ
- death
- hālāhalaṁ
- hālāhala
- viṣam
- as the poison
Meaning
Opposites again: water and fire, nectar and poison. The commentary: taking the form of water and fire he rains and burns; as the moon he showers nectar, as the hālāhala poison he brings death. The words are crossed in the verse (fire burns, water flows) as the two elements are crossed in the world. Nectar and poison both come from the one Self; the vision of the freed admits no part of the world as outside him, not even what kills.