जीवौघकोशकाराढ्यो व्योमोर्ध्वतलकालिमा । नभोनिवाससिद्धौघमशकाहितघुंघुमः ॥ ३३ ॥
jīvaughakōśakārāḍhyō vyōmōrdhvatalakālimā | nabhōnivāsasiddhaughamaśakāhitaghuṁghumaḥ || 33 ||
Translation
full of silkworm-cocoons that are the masses of jīvas, the blackness of space for its ceiling, with the buzzing of mosquitoes that are the hosts of siddhas dwelling in the sky;
Word by word
- jīva
- of jīvas
- ōgha
- the masses; the hosts
- kōśakāra
- with silkworm-cocoons
- āḍhyō
- (āḍhyaḥ) full
- vyōma
- of space
- ūrdhva
- upper
- tala
- for its ceiling
- kālimā
- the blackness
- nabhō
- (nabhaḥ) in the sky
- nivāsa
- dwelling
- siddha
- of siddhas
- maśaka
- of mosquitoes
- āhita
- with
- ghuṁghumaḥ
- the buzzing
Meaning
The commentary: filled with silkworms, the hosts of jīvas; darkened by the sky as its ceiling; with the harmful hum of mosquitoes, the hosts of siddhas living in the sky. The cosmic house is old, dark, buzzing, infested: grandeur turned into a shabby room.