उदहृष्यन् वारिजानि सूर्योत्थाने कुमुद् विना । राज्ञा तु निर्भया लोका यथा दस्यून् विना नृप ॥ ४७ ॥
udahṛṣyan vārijāni sūryotthāne kumud vinā rājñā tu nirbhayā lokā yathā dasyūn vinā nṛpa
- udahṛṣyan
- blossomed abundantly
- vāri-jāni
- the lotuses
- sūrya
- the sun
- utthāne
- when it had arisen
- kumut
- the night-blooming kumut lotus
- vinā
- except
- rājñā
- because of the presence of a king
- tu
- indeed
- nirbhayāḥ
- fearless
- lokāḥ
- the populace
- yathā
- as
- dasyūn
- the thieves
- vinā
- except for
- nṛpa
- O King
O King Parīkṣit, when the autumn sun rose, all the lotus flowers blossomed happily, except the night-blooming kumut, just as in the presence of a strong ruler everyone becomes fearless, except the thieves.