The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotram

Verse 10

आलेपवन्तं मदनाङ्गभूत्याशार्दूलकृत्त्या परिधानवन्तम् ।आलोकये कंचन देशिकेन्द्र-मज्ञानवाराकरबाडबाग्निम् ॥ १० ॥

In plain words

I behold the supreme Teacher—smeared with sacred ash, wrapped in tiger skin, and blazing like the hidden fire beneath the ocean, consuming the vast sea of ignorance.

Close to the Sanskrit

I behold that Lord of teachers, smeared with the ash of Madana's body and clad in tiger skin, the submarine fire within the ocean of ignorance.