पद्माक्षे स्थापितो मेरुर्निगीर्णो भृङ्गसूनुना । स्वप्नाब्दगर्जितं श्रुत्वा चित्रं नृत्यन्ति बर्हिणः ॥ १० ॥
padmākṣē sthāpitō mērurnigīrṇō bhṛṅgasūnunā | svapnābdagarjitaṁ śrutvā citraṁ nṛtyanti barhiṇaḥ || 10 ||
Translation
Meru set in a lotus seed and swallowed by a young bee! Peacocks dancing wonderfully at hearing the thunder of a dream cloud!
Word by word
- padma
- in a lotus
- akṣē
- seed
- sthāpitō
- (sthāpitaḥ) set
- mērur
- (meruḥ) Meru
- nigīrṇō
- (nigīrṇaḥ) swallowed
- bhṛṅga
- by a bee
- sūnunā
- young
- svapna
- of a dream
- abda
- of a cloud
- garjitaṁ
- the thunder
- śrutvā
- at hearing
- citraṁ
- wonderfully
- nṛtyanti
- dancing
- barhiṇaḥ
- peacocks
Meaning
The commentary: Mount Meru held inside a rudrākṣa bead and swallowed by a bee; peacocks dancing at the thunder of a dream cloud. The last example is the hinge: a dream cloud's thunder does make the dreamer's peacocks dance.