कुवलयदलनीलसंनिकाशं शरदमलाम्बरकोटरोपमानम् ।भ्रमरतिमिरकज्जलाञ्जनाभं सरसिजचक्रगदाधरं प्रपद्ये
In plain words
I take refuge in the bearer of lotus, discus, and mace — dark as the petal of a blue water-lily, comparable to the hollow vault of the spotless autumn sky, with the dark sheen of bees, of night, of soot and of collyrium.