वहद्विमानसीत्कारमुष्टिग्राह्यघनध्वनि । ग्रहर्क्षघनसंचारात्प्रचलद्वातयन्त्रकम् ॥ १९ ॥
vahadvimānasītkāramuṣṭigrāhyaghanadhvani | graharkṣaghanasaṁcārātpracaladvātayantrakam || 19 ||
Translation
a sound dense enough to grasp in a fist from the whistling of moving cars, and its wind-machine set swinging by the thick passage of planets and stars;
Word by word
- vahad
- (vahat) moving
- vimāna
- of cars
- sītkāra
- from the whistling
- muṣṭi
- in a fist
- grāhya
- to grasp
- ghana
- dense; thick
- dhvani
- a sound
- graha
- of planets
- ṛkṣa
- and stars
- saṁcārāt
- by the passage
- pracalad
- (pracalat) set swinging
- vāta
- wind
- yantrakam
- its machine
Meaning
The "wind-machine" is the wheel of the heavens, the jyotiścakra, which in the Purāṇas is turned by winds; the commentary names it so. The sky is not silent: the rush of the gods' cars makes a sound so thick it could be held.