पश्चिमाब्धितटालोकवर्णितास्तमयक्रमम् । असङ्ख्यबद्धभूपालकलाकीर्णाखिलाजिरम् ॥ २५ ॥
paścimābdhitaṭālōkavarṇitāstamayakramam | asaṅkhyabaddhabhūpālakalākīrṇākhilājiram || 25 ||
Translation
told of the course of the setting of the sun by one who had seen the western ocean's shore; his whole courtyard strewn with the splendour of countless kings in rows;
Word by word
- paścima
- western
- abdhi
- ocean
- taṭa
- shore
- ālōka
- by one who had seen
- varṇita
- told
- astamaya
- of the setting
- kramam
- the course
- asaṅkhya
- countless
- baddha
- in rows
- bhūpāla
- of kings
- kalā
- with the splendour
- ākīrṇa
- strewn
- akhila
- whole
- ajiram
- his courtyard
Meaning
The commentary: an envoy who had seen the western ocean's shore described to him the ways of the setting mountain; and the whole courtyard shone with the brilliance of countless kings sitting in rows. The four envoys from the four oceans make him lord of the whole earth.