पर्यन्तेषु प्रतीहारास्तस्थुर्धवलवाससः । ऋष्यमूकार्कतापार्तमेघमाला इवाऽद्रिषु ॥ ५२ ॥
paryantēṣu pratīhārāstasthurdhavalavāsasaḥ | ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtamēghamālā ivā’driṣu || 52 ||
Translation
At the edges stood the door-keepers in white robes, like lines of clouds on mountains, troubled by the heat of the sun at Ṛṣyamūka.
Word by word
- paryantēṣu
- at the edges
- pratīhārās
- (pratīhārāḥ) the door-keepers
- tasthur
- (tasthuḥ) stood
- dhavala
- in white
- vāsasaḥ
- robes
- ṛṣyamūka
- at Ṛṣyamūka
- arka
- of the sun
- tāpa
- by the heat
- ārta
- troubled
- mēgha
- of clouds
- mālā
- lines
- iva
- like
- adriṣu
- on mountains
Meaning
The commentary: the door-keepers in white clothes stood at the edges of the hall, like rows of clouds, oppressed by the sun's heat at Ṛṣyamūka, resting on the mountains. A note: Ṛṣyamūka is the mountain where Sugrīva lived, and there the sun, out of love for his son, shone with special force.