सुवर्णपुङ्खैर्विशिखैः संपतद्भिः समन्ततः। बभूव रजनी चित्रा खद्योतैरिव शारदी॥
suvarṇapuṅkhairviśikhaiḥ saṃpatadbhiḥ samantataḥ| babhūva rajanī citrā khadyotairiva śāradī||
English Meaning
And with shafts plated with gold lying in all directions the night resembled one in autumn decked with fire-flies.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)