क्वचिद्वहद्गिरिध्वस्तवृक्षलक्षोच्छ्रिताम्बुदम् । क्वचिन्मायाकृताकाशनलिनीजलशीतलम् ॥ ५७ ॥
kvacidvahadgiridhvastavṛkṣalakṣōcchritāmbudam | kvacinmāyākṛtākāśanalinījalaśītalam || 57 ||
Translation
in one place clouds raised high by hundreds of thousands of trees torn down by moving mountains; in another cool with the water of lotus ponds in the sky made by magic;
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- vahad
- (vahat) moving
- giri
- by mountains
- dhvasta
- torn down
- vṛkṣa
- of trees
- lakṣa
- by hundreds of thousands
- ucchrita
- raised high
- ambudam
- clouds
- kvacin
- (kvacit) in another
- māyā
- by magic
- kṛta
- made
- ākāśa
- in the sky
- nalinī
- of lotus ponds
- jala
- with the water
- śītalam
- cool
Meaning
The commentary: flying mountains crush the clouds held up like umbrellas by lakhs of trees; elsewhere, lotus ponds in the sky, made by māyā, cool the air.