विरिञ्चिमूलब्रह्माण्डबृहद्देवफलद्रुमम् । ब्रह्मकाननमाभोगि परमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥ १४ ॥
viriñcimūlabrahmāṇḍabṛhaddēvaphaladrumam | brahmakānanamābhōgi paramāvṛtya tiṣṭhati || 14 ||
Translation
It stands, having covered the vast forest of Brahmā, whose tree has Viriñci for its root and the universe of great gods for its fruit.
Word by word
- viriñci
- Viriñci
- mūla
- for its root
- brahmāṇḍa
- the universe
- bṛhat
- of great
- dēva
- gods
- phala
- for its fruit
- drumam
- whose tree has
- brahma
- of Brahmā
- kānanam
- the forest
- ābhōgi
- vast
- param
- wholly
- āvṛtya
- having covered
- tiṣṭhati
- it stands
Meaning
The whole creation is a forest; its tree is rooted in Brahmā, the creator, and its fruits are the gods and the worlds. Time stands spread over all of it. Even the creator is within Time's forest. The reader is shown that there is no height in creation above Time's reach.