प्रवृत्तैर्योगिनीसंघैः श्वकाकोष्ट्रखराननैः । निरर्थं योजनशतं गत्वाऽऽगच्छद्भिरावृतम् ॥ २५ ॥
pravṛttairyōginīsaṁghaiḥ śvakākōṣṭrakharānanaiḥ | nirarthaṁ yōjanaśataṁ gatvā’’gacchadbhirāvṛtam || 25 ||
Translation
enclosed by troops of yoginīs on the move, with the faces of dogs, crows, camels and asses, going a hundred yojanas for nothing and coming back;
Word by word
- pravṛttair
- (pravṛttaiḥ) on the move
- yōginī
- of yoginīs
- saṁghaiḥ
- by troops
- śva
- of dogs
- kāka
- crows
- uṣṭra
- camels
- khara
- and asses
- ānanaiḥ
- with the faces
- nirarthaṁ
- for nothing
- yōjana
- yojanas
- śataṁ
- a hundred
- gatvā
- going
- āgacchadbhir
- (āgacchadbhiḥ) coming back
- āvṛtam
- enclosed
Meaning
The commentary says why "for nothing": having the powers of becoming small and the like, they can have what they want where they stand; yet they travel a hundred yojanas and come back. A restlessness without purpose.