क्वचिद्रुद्रपुरापूर्णं क्वचिद्ब्रह्ममहापुरम् । क्वचिन्मायाकृतपुरं क्वचिदागामिपत्तनम् ॥ ३८ ॥
kvacidrudrapurāpūrṇaṁ kvacidbrahmamahāpuram | kvacinmāyākṛtapuraṁ kvacidāgāmipattanam || 38 ||
Translation
in one place full of the cities of Rudra; in another the great city of Brahmā; in one place a city made by magic; in another a city that is still to come;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- rudra
- of Rudra
- pura
- the cities
- āpūrṇaṁ
- full
- brahma
- of Brahmā
- mahā
- great
- puram
- city
- kvacin
- (kvacit) in one place
- māyā
- by magic
- kṛta
- made
- puraṁ
- a city
- āgāmi
- still to come
- pattanam
- a city
Meaning
Another commentary: here the cities of Śiva, Kailāsa and the rest; there Brahmā's city; there a city raised by māyā; there cities of the future. Space holds not only what is, but what is imagined and what is yet to be.