क्वचिद्धिमाभ्रधवलं क्वचिद्वर्षत्पयोधरम् । क्वचित्स्थल इवाऽऽकाश एव विश्रान्तलोकपम् ॥ ४१ ॥
kvaciddhimābhradhavalaṁ kvacidvarṣatpayōdharam | kvacitsthala ivā’’kāśa ēva viśrāntalōkapam || 41 ||
Translation
in one place white with snow-clouds; in another with clouds raining; in one place with guardians of the world resting in the sky itself as on firm ground;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- hima
- snow
- abhra
- with clouds
- dhavalaṁ
- white
- varṣat
- raining
- payōdharam
- with clouds
- kvacit
- in one place
- sthala
- on firm ground
- iva
- as
- ākāśa
- in the sky
- ēva
- itself
- viśrānta
- resting
- lōkapam
- with guardians of the world
Meaning
The world-guardians rest in the air as one rests on the ground. For beings of awareness, space bears weight.