ओर्वप्रा अमर्त्यानिवतो देव्युद्वतः। ज्योतिषा बाधते तमः ॥ २ ॥
ōrvaprā amartyānivatō dēvyudvataḥ | jyōtiṣā bādhatē tamaḥ || 2 ||
Translation
The immortal goddess has filled the wide space, the valleys and the heights; with her light she drives back the darkness.
Word by word
- uru
- wide (space)
- aprāḥ
- has filled
- amartyā
- the immortal one
- nivataḥ
- the depths, valleys
- dēvī
- the goddess
- udvataḥ
- the heights
- jyōtiṣā
- with light
- bādhatē
- drives back
- tamaḥ
- the darkness
Meaning
Night fills the whole of space, low and high. The paradox is deliberate: Night herself dispels darkness by the light of the stars and the moon. The Goddess is the one who carries light within the dark.