ददर्श च महाभागां तपसा द्योतितप्रभाम्। लोकैरपि समागम्य दुर्निरीक्ष्यां सुरासुरैः॥ प्रयत्नानिर्मितां धात्रा दिव्यां मायामयीमिव। धूमेनाभिपरीताङ्गी दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव॥ सतुषारावृतां साभ्रां पूर्णचन्द्रप्रभामिव। मध्येऽम्भसो दुराधर्षां दीप्तां सूर्यप्रभामिव ॥
dadarśa ca mahābhāgāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhām| lokairapi samāgamya durnirīkṣyāṃ surāsuraiḥ|| prayatnānirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīmiva| dhūmenābhiparītāṅgī dīptāmagniśikhāmiva|| satuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhāmiva| madhye'mbhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhāmiva ||
English Meaning
They beheld that magnificent dame flaming in ascetic energy; and incapable of being gazed at too near even by the celestials and the Asuras; as if created by the Deity to be the divinely charming Woman; like a flame hid in smoke; or the brightness of the full moon clouded and dimmed in mist; or the solar splendour incapable of being beheld of account of clouds.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)