क्वचिद्दिग्दाहतापाढ्यमूष्यमूकाम्बुदांशुकम् । क्वचिन्निष्पवनाम्भोधिसंरम्भं शून्यताजलम् ॥ ३२ ॥
kvaciddigdāhatāpāḍhyamūṣyamūkāmbudāṁśukam | kvacinniṣpavanāmbhōdhisaṁrambhaṁ śūnyatājalam || 32 ||
Translation
in one place clothed in silent clouds over Ṛṣyamūka, rich in the heat of the burning quarters; in another the water of emptiness, stirring like an ocean without wind;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- dig
- (dik) of the quarters
- dāha
- burning
- tāpa
- in the heat
- āḍhya
- rich
- ṛṣyamūka
- over Ṛṣyamūka
- mūka
- silent
- ambuda
- in clouds
- aṁśukam
- clothed
- kvacin
- (kvacit) in another
- niṣpavana
- without wind
- ambhōdhi
- like an ocean
- saṁrambhaṁ
- stirring
- śūnyatā
- of emptiness
- jalam
- the water
Meaning
Ṛṣyamūka is the mountain of the Rāmāyaṇa where Rāma met Sugrīva. Another commentary takes "the water of emptiness" as the sky itself, in one place still as a sea where no wind blows.