किंचित्तमःकडारासु किंचिदप्यरुणासु च ।नभोविरलतारासु दिक्षु संमार्जितास्विव
In plain words
The quarters lay somewhat tawny still with the last of the darkness, and somewhat reddish too, the stars of the sky grown sparse, as though the directions themselves had been swept clean --