सुरारिसागरक्षोभविलसन्मन्दराचलः । विलासपुष्पौघमधुः सौभाग्यकुसुमायुधः ॥ २३ ॥
surārisāgarakṣōbhavilasanmandarācalaḥ | vilāsapuṣpaughamadhuḥ saubhāgyakusumāyudhaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
a Mandara mountain shining in churning the ocean of the gods' enemies, a spring to the flowers of delight, a Love-god to the blossoms of beauty;
Word by word
- surāri
- of the gods’ enemies
- sāgara
- the ocean
- kṣōbha
- in churning
- vilasan
- shining
- mandarācalaḥ
- a Mandara mountain
- vilāsa
- of delight
- puṣpa
- flowers
- ōgha
- to the
- madhuḥ
- a spring
- saubhāgya
- of beauty
- kusumāyudhaḥ
- a Love-god
Meaning
The commentary: as Mount Mandara, whirling at the churning of the ocean, stirred the sea, so he many times stirred up the armies of the demons; as spring brings forth flowers of every kind, he brought forth delights of every kind; and in beauty he was a second Kāma, whose weapons are flowers. Kusumāyudha, "flower-armed", is Kāma.