तत्रस्थे वाऽथ चिद्वृत्त्या पुप्लुवाते नभस्थलम् । कोटियोजनविस्तीर्णं दूराद् दूरतरान्तरम् ॥ १५ ॥
tatrasthē vā’tha cidvṛttyā pupluvātē nabhasthalam | kōṭiyōjanavistīrṇaṁ dūrād dūratarāntaram || 15 ||
Translation
Or, standing there, they then sailed by the motion of awareness across the expanse of the sky, stretching for crores of yojanas, its far reaches ever farther.
Word by word
- tatrasthē
- standing there
- vā
- or
- atha
- then
- cid
- of awareness
- vṛttyā
- by the motion
- pupluvātē
- they sailed
- nabhasthalam
- the expanse of the sky
- kōṭi
- crores
- yōjana
- of yojanas
- vistīrṇaṁ
- stretching
- dūrād
- (dūrāt) far
- dūratara
- ever farther
- antaram
- its reaches
Meaning
"Or, standing there": Vasiṣṭha corrects the picture of going. They may be said to stay where they were and cross the sky by a turning of awareness. A crore is ten million; a yojana some miles: the sky's extent is beyond measure, and still it is crossed without a step.