परितः पूरितव्योम्नां मेर्वादिकुलभूभृताम् । पद्मरागतटोद्योतैः कल्पज्वालोपमोदरम् ॥ १२ ॥
paritaḥ pūritavyōmnāṁ mērvādikulabhūbhṛtām | padmarāgataṭōdyōtaiḥ kalpajvālōpamōdaram || 12 ||
Translation
its belly like the flames at the end of a kalpa with the gleam of the ruby slopes of Meru and the great mountains, which fill the sky all around;
Word by word
- paritaḥ
- all around
- pūrita
- which fill
- vyōmnāṁ
- the sky
- mēru
- of Meru
- ādi
- and the rest
- kula
- the great
- bhūbhṛtām
- mountains
- padmarāga
- ruby
- taṭa
- of the slopes
- udyōtaiḥ
- with the gleam
- kalpa
- of a kalpa
- jvālā
- the flames
- upama
- like
- udaram
- its belly
Meaning
Meru, the golden axis of the world, and the "family mountains" (kulaparvata) that hold the continents in place have slopes of jewels; their red glow lights the sky's middle like the fire of the dissolution.