अपश्यतस्त्वच्चरणाम्बुजं प्रभो दृष्टि: प्रणष्टा तमसि प्रविष्टा । दिशो न जाने न लभे च शान्तिं यथा निशायामुडुपे प्रणष्टे ॥ ४३ ॥
apaśyatas tvac-caraṇāmbujaṁ prabho dṛṣṭiḥ praṇaṣṭā tamasi praviṣṭā diśo na jāne na labhe ca śāntiṁ yathā niśāyām uḍupe praṇaṣṭe
- apaśyataḥ
- of me, who am not seeing
- tvat
- Your
- caraṇa-ambujam
- lotus feet
- prabho
- O master
- dṛṣṭiḥ
- the power of vision
- praṇaṣṭā
- is destroyed
- tamasi
- into darkness
- praviṣṭā
- having entered
- diśaḥ
- the directions
- na jāne
- I do not know
- na labhe
- I cannot obtain
- ca
- and
- śāntim
- peace
- yathā
- just as
- niśāyām
- in the night
- uḍupe
- when the moon
- praṇaṣṭe
- has become new
Dāruka said: Just as on a moonless night people are merged into darkness and cannot find their way, now that I have lost sight of Your lotus feet, my Lord, I have lost my vision and am wandering blindly in darkness. I cannot tell my direction, nor can I find any peace.