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आभाति शुक्लमिव लोहितमिवाथो कृष्णमथार्जुनं काद्रवं वा ।
In plain words
It shines out looking white, then looking red, then black, then silver-pale, or tawny brown.
Close to the Sanskrit
It shines forth as if white, as if red, and then black, then silvery-pale, or tawny brown.