स विप्रस्तस्य शैलस्य सानौ सरलशाद्वले । कदाचिदुपविष्टः सन् ददर्शाऽधो महीपतिम् ॥ ५ ॥
sa viprastasya śailasya sānau saralaśādvalē | kadācidupaviṣṭaḥ san dadarśā’dhō mahīpatim || 5 ||
Translation
Once, as that brahmin sat on a slope of that mountain covered with fresh grass, he saw below a lord of the earth
Word by word
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- vipras
- (vipraḥ) brahmin
- tasya
- of that
- śailasya
- mountain
- sānau
- on a slope
- sarala
- fresh
- śādvalē
- covered with grass
- kadācid
- (kadācit) once
- upaviṣṭaḥ
- sitting
- san
- as he
- dadarśa
- he saw
- adhō
- (adhaḥ) below
- mahīpatim
- a lord of the earth
Meaning
The commentary on verses 5 and 6: once, sitting on a summit covered with green grass, the brahmin saw a king below. The sentence runs on to verse 9: the whole procession is seen through the brahmin's eyes.