तम्यां तमोवन्नैहारं खद्योतार्चिरिवाहनि । महतीतरमायैश्यं निहन्त्यात्मनि युञ्जत: ॥ ४५ ॥
tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ khadyotārcir ivāhani mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ
- tamyām
- on a dark night
- tamaḥ-vat
- just as darkness
- naihāram
- produced by snow
- khadyota-arciḥ
- the light of a glowworm
- iva
- just as
- ahani
- in the daytime, in the sunlight
- mahati
- in a great personality
- itara-māyā
- inferior mystic potency
- aiśyam
- the ability
- nihanti
- destroys
- ātmani
- in his own self
- yuñjataḥ
- of the person who attempts to use
As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a person of great power is unable to accomplish anything; instead, the power of that inferior person is diminished.