पूर्वाब्धितटमाहेन्द्रसिद्धोक्तगगनापगम् । उत्तराब्धितटायातदूतवर्णितगुह्यकम् ॥ २४ ॥
pūrvābdhitaṭamāhēndrasiddhōktagaganāpagam | uttarābdhitaṭāyātadūtavarṇitaguhyakam || 24 ||
Translation
told of the river of the sky by the perfected ones of Mahendra on the eastern ocean's shore; told of the guhyakas by an envoy come from the northern ocean's shore;
Word by word
- pūrva
- eastern
- abdhi
- ocean
- taṭa
- on the shore
- māhēndra
- of Mahendra
- siddha
- by the perfected ones
- ukta
- told
- gagana
- of the sky
- āpagam
- the river
- uttara
- northern
- āyāta
- come
- dūta
- by an envoy
- varṇita
- told
- guhyakam
- of the guhyakas
Meaning
The commentary: a siddha of Mount Mahendra on the eastern shore had told him of the wondrous spread of the heavenly Gaṅgā with its thousand mouths; an envoy from the northern ocean's shore had told him of the guhyakas, the hidden spirits of Kubera's realm.