एकार्णवमिवोच्छूनं गम्भीरं निर्मलान्तरम् । कोमलं कोमलमरुदासङ्गसुखभोगदम् ॥ २ ॥
ēkārṇavamivōcchūnaṁ gambhīraṁ nirmalāntaram | kōmalaṁ kōmalamarudāsaṅgasukhabhōgadam || 2 ||
Translation
Swollen like the one ocean, deep, clear within, soft, giving the pleasure and delight of contact with soft breezes;
Word by word
- ēkārṇavam
- the one ocean
- iva
- like
- ucchūnaṁ
- swollen
- gambhīraṁ
- deep
- nirmala
- clear
- antaram
- within
- kōmalaṁ
- soft
- kōmala
- soft
- marud
- (marut) breezes
- āsaṅga
- contact with
- sukha
- the pleasure
- bhōga
- and delight
- dam
- giving
Meaning
The "one ocean" is the single flood of the dissolution, when all the worlds are water. The sky is as vast and as unbroken as that, and yet gentle to the touch.