क्वचिदभ्रान्तरोन्नृत्यद्गुहमायूरमण्डलम् । क्वचिदग्निशुकैः श्यामं शाद्वलानामिव स्थलम् ॥ ५२ ॥
kvacidabhrāntarōnnṛtyadguhamāyūramaṇḍalam | kvacidagniśukaiḥ śyāmaṁ śādvalānāmiva sthalam || 52 ||
Translation
in one place a circle of Guha's peacocks dancing within the clouds; in another dark with the parrots of Agni, as if it were ground of meadows;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- abhra
- the clouds
- antarō
- (antara) within
- unnṛtyad
- (unnṛtyat) dancing
- guha
- of Guha
- māyūra
- peacocks
- maṇḍalam
- a circle
- agni
- of Agni
- śukaiḥ
- with the parrots
- śyāmaṁ
- dark
- śādvalānām
- of meadows
- iva
- as if
- sthalam
- ground
Meaning
Guha is Skanda, whose mount is the peacock; Agni's mount is the parrot. Peacocks dance when clouds come; the green parrots make the sky look like a meadow.