Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Śabalā Attacks King Viśvāmitra’s Army
Text 1.54.22
तैरासीत्संवृता भूमिः शकैर्यवनमिश्रितैः।
प्रभावद्भिर्महावीर्यैर्हेमकिञ्जल्कसन्निभैः॥
tair āsīt saṁvṛtā bhūmiḥ śakair yavana-miśritaiḥ
prabhāvadbhir mahā-vīryair hema-kiñjalka-sannibhaiḥ
taiḥ āsīt saṁvṛtā bhūmiḥ = the earth became covered over; śakaiḥ = with śakas; yavana-miśritaiḥ = mixed with yavanas; prabhāvadbhiḥ = all brilliant; mahā-vīryaiḥ = greatly powerful; hema-kiñjalka-sannibhaiḥ = and resembling the filaments of a campaka flower.
taiḥ āsīt saṁvṛtā bhūmiḥ = the earth became covered over; śakaiḥ = with śakas; yavana-miśritaiḥ = mixed with yavanas; prabhāvadbhiḥ = all brilliant; mahā-vīryaiḥ = greatly powerful; hema-kiñjalka-sannibhaiḥ = and resembling the filaments of a campaka flower.
Here hema (literally “golden”) refers to a campaka flower, for that flower is referred to as “golden.”