सुरुचिर्नाम काचित् स्त्री अप्सरोगण उत्तमा । उपविष्टा हिमवतः शिखरे शिखिसंवृते ॥ १९ ॥
surucirnāma kācit strī apsarōgaṇa uttamā | upaviṣṭā himavataḥ śikharē śikhisaṁvṛtē || 19 ||
Translation
There was a woman named Suruci, the finest of the apsarases. She was sitting on a peak of the Himālaya crowded with peacocks,
Word by word
- suruciḥ
- Suruci
- nāma
- named
- kācit
- a certain
- strī
- woman
- apsarō
- (apsaras) celestial nymphs
- gaṇa
- the company
- uttamā
- the finest
- upaviṣṭā
- sitting
- himavataḥ
- of the Himālaya
- śikharē
- on a peak
- śikhi
- peacocks
- saṁvṛtē
- crowded with
Meaning
The story within the story begins. Suruci, a celestial nymph, will hear from a messenger of Indra what happened to King Ariṣṭanemi.