पताकामञ्जरीकीर्णराजधानीगृहस्थितम् । पूर्वद्वारस्थितासंख्यमुनिविप्रर्षिमण्डलम् ॥ १९ ॥
patākāmañjarīkīrṇarājadhānīgṛhasthitam | pūrvadvārasthitāsaṁkhyamuniviprarṣimaṇḍalam || 19 ||
Translation
dwelling in a palace in a capital strewn with clusters of banners; at the eastern gate a gathering of countless sages, brahmins and seers;
Word by word
- patākā
- of banners
- mañjarī
- clusters
- kīrṇa
- strewn
- rājadhānī
- in a capital
- gṛha
- in a palace
- sthitam
- dwelling
- pūrva
- eastern
- dvāra
- at the gate
- sthita
- standing
- asaṁkhya
- countless
- muni
- sages
- vipra
- brahmins
- ṛṣi
- and seers
- maṇḍalam
- a gathering
Meaning
The commentary: he sat in a fine house in a capital filled with banners; at its eastern gate stood countless sages and great brahmins. The description of the court goes round the four gates: a king's world drawn as a maṇḍala.