वैमानिकनिपातेन वह्निलेखाङ्कितं क्वचित् । क्वचित्केतुशतोत्पातमिथःसङ्घट्टपट्टितम् ॥ ४६ ॥
vaimānikanipātēna vahnilēkhāṅkitaṁ kvacit | kvacitkētuśatōtpātamithaḥsaṅghaṭṭapaṭṭitam || 46 ||
Translation
in one place marked with lines of fire by the fall of sky-dwellers; in another wrapped as in cloth by the clash of hundreds of portents of comets with one another;
Word by word
- vaimānika
- of sky-dwellers
- nipātēna
- by the fall
- vahni
- of fire
- lēkhā
- with lines
- aṅkitaṁ
- marked
- kvacit
- in one place
- kētu
- of comets
- śata
- of hundreds
- utpāta
- portents
- mithaḥ
- with one another
- saṅghaṭṭa
- by the clash
- paṭṭitam
- wrapped as in cloth
Meaning
The commentary: in one place marked as if with lines of fire by the fall of those in heaven when their merit was spent. A falling star is a god whose merit has run out.