क्वचिदुद्गर्जदम्भोदं क्वचिन्मूकामलाम्बुदम् । वातावकीर्णशुक्लाभ्रखण्डपुष्पोत्करं क्वचित् ॥ ४८ ॥
kvacidudgarjadambhōdaṁ kvacinmūkāmalāmbudam | vātāvakīrṇaśuklābhrakhaṇḍapuṣpōtkaraṁ kvacit || 48 ||
Translation
in one place with clouds thundering; in another with silent, spotless clouds; in one place with heaps of flowers that are bits of white cloud scattered by the wind;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- udgarjad
- (udgarjat) thundering
- ambhōdaṁ
- with clouds
- kvacin
- (kvacit) in another
- mūka
- silent
- amala
- spotless
- ambudam
- with clouds
- vāta
- by the wind
- avakīrṇa
- scattered
- śukla
- white
- abhra
- of cloud
- khaṇḍa
- bits
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- utkaraṁ
- with heaps
- kvacit
- in one place
Meaning
The commentary reads the white bits of cloud scattered by the wind as stars strewn over the sky.