जनताः पूरयामासुः पूरैरजिरभूमिकाः । अब्धीन्प्रलयसंशुष्कान्पुरासर्ग इवाऽम्भसा ॥ ४९ ॥
janatāḥ pūrayāmāsuḥ pūrairajirabhūmikāḥ | abdhīnpralayasaṁśuṣkānpurāsarga ivā’mbhasā || 49 ||
Translation
The crowds filled the courtyards in floods, as water filled the oceans dried up at the dissolution before creation.
Word by word
- janatāḥ
- the crowds
- pūrayāmāsuḥ
- filled
- pūrair
- (pūraiḥ) in floods
- ajira
- the courtyards
- bhūmikāḥ
- grounds
- abdhīn
- the oceans
- pralaya
- at the dissolution
- saṁśuṣkān
- dried up
- purā
- before
- sarga
- creation
- iva
- as
- ambhasā
- with water
Meaning
The commentary: as the floods of water fill the oceans dried up at the dissolution before the creation of beings, so the crowds filled the king's courtyard.