तस्याः कस्मिंश्चिदेकस्मिन्पेलवे कोणकोटरे । इदं पत्तनदेहादि केशोण्डुक इवाऽम्बरे ॥ २४ ॥
tasyāḥ kasmiṁścidēkasminpēlavē kōṇakōṭarē | idaṁ pattanadēhādi kēśōṇḍuka ivā’mbarē || 24 ||
Translation
In some one delicate hollow corner of it is this, city, body and the rest, like a curl of hair seen in the sky.
Word by word
- tasyāḥ
- of it
- kasmiṁścid
- (kasmiṃścit) some
- ēkasmin
- one
- pēlavē
- delicate
- kōṇa
- corner
- kōṭarē
- in a hollow
- idaṁ
- this
- pattana
- city
- dēha
- body
- ādi
- and the rest
- kēśōṇḍuka
- a curl of hair
- iva
- like
- ambarē
- in the sky
Meaning
The commentary: in a small corner of that earth are this city, house and body, like the curly shapes one seems to see in a clear sky. The keśoṇḍuka is the floating speck or hair seen against the sky by the eye itself.