स्वात्मरत्नप्रकाशाढ्यां स्पष्टां कुसुमलाञ्छिताम् ।दधार कन्धरां धीरो मेरुः शृङ्गशिखामिव
In plain words
He held his neck steady — rich with the radiance of the jewel of his own ātman, clear, as if marked with flowers — as Meru holds the peak of its summit.