द्यौः क्षमा वायुराकाशं पर्वताः सरितो दिशः । विनाशवाडवस्यैतत्सर्वं संशुष्कमिन्धनम् ॥ २२ ॥
dyauḥ kṣamā vāyurākāśaṁ parvatāḥ saritō diśaḥ | vināśavāḍavasyaitatsarvaṁ saṁśuṣkamindhanam || 22 ||
Translation
Heaven, earth, wind, space, mountains, rivers and directions: all this is dry fuel for the submarine fire of destruction.
Word by word
- dyauḥ
- heaven
- kṣamā
- earth
- vāyur
- (vāyuḥ) wind
- ākāśaṁ
- space
- parvatāḥ
- mountains
- saritō
- (saritaḥ) rivers
- diśaḥ
- and directions
- vināśa
- of destruction
- vāḍavasya
- for the submarine fire
- ētat
- this
- sarvaṁ
- all
- saṁśuṣkam
- dry
- indhanam
- fuel
Meaning
The list of the elements of the world is a woodpile. Everything, the commentary says, is dry fuel for that fire. The image completes the last: the waters run to the fire, and the rest of the world is its fuel.