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## Canto 35
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The sun, clinging to the peak of Karagiri, seemed to be falling for a moment. The Karalas, fearing its fall, seemed to be holding onto its rays as if they were hands. ||154||
The sun, falling due to its union with Varuni, its radiance lost, was not supported by the Karalas, as if they were afraid of it. ||155||
Has the sun gone to search for the past day, or has it entered the Rasatal? Or has it hidden behind the peaks of the Astal? ||156||
Like a valiant man, who destroys darkness, the embodiment of poverty, and attacks the kings with his taxes, and at the end of his fortune, walks about without clothes, so too, the sun, destroying the darkness of the night, and attacking the mountains with its rays, at the end of the day, walks about without its rays. How sorrowful! ||157||
This sun, constantly revolving around Mount Meru in a circular, slanting motion, is not visible from afar, and therefore, foolish men think it is falling. ||158||
In this misfortune of the sun, the directions, like women afflicted with grief, have become devoid of radiance, their faces filled with darkness. ||159||
**Notes:**
* **Karagiri:** A mountain, possibly the same as Mount Meru.
* **Karalas:** The rays of the sun.
* **Varuni:** The west, also a metaphor for alcohol.
* **Rasatal:** The underworld.
* **Astal:** The setting sun.
* **Bhaanu:** The sun.
* **Vibhavasu:** Radiance.
* **Ananshuk:** Without clothes, a metaphor for the sun without its rays.
* **Meru:** A mythical mountain, considered the center of the universe.
* **Tirya-mandala:** The circular path of the sun.
* **Diggana:** The directions.