क्वचिद्वहत्पुरोवृत्तकल्पवृक्षलतावनम् । क्वचिद्दैत्यहतोत्तुङ्गप्रपतद्देवपत्तनम् ॥ ४५ ॥
kvacidvahatpurōvṛttakalpavṛkṣalatāvanam | kvaciddaityahatōttuṅgaprapataddēvapattanam || 45 ||
Translation
in one place forests of wishing-trees and creepers carried along in front; in another the lofty city of the gods, struck by the daityas, falling;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- vahat
- carried along
- purō
- (puraḥ) in front
- vṛtta
- being
- kalpavṛkṣa
- of wishing-trees
- latā
- and creepers
- vanam
- forests
- daitya
- by the daityas
- hata
- struck
- uttuṅga
- lofty
- prapatad
- (prapatat) falling
- dēva
- of the gods
- pattanam
- the city
Meaning
Another commentary: here the gods' followers, fleeing the daityas, carry away their wishing-trees and creepers; there a great city of the gods, wrecked by the daityas, is falling. The old war of gods and demons goes on in some region of the sky.