Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.61

Translation

in one place with the swans, mounts of the lotus-born, called by the cries of she-swans on the lotus ponds of the sky; in another with winds that plunder the lotuses on the banks of the Mandākinī;

Word by word

kvacid

(kvacit) in one place

vyōma

of the sky

abjinī

on the lotus ponds

haṁsī

of she-swans

svana

by the cries

āhūta

summoned

abja

of the lotus-born

vāhanam

the swans, mounts

kvacin

(kvacit) in another

mandākinī

of the Mandākinī

tīra

on the banks

nalinī

the lotuses

luṇṭhaka

that plunder

anilam

with winds

Meaning

The swan is the mount of lotus-born Brahmā; on the sky's lotus ponds the she-swans call and his swans come. The Mandākinī is the Gaṅgā of heaven, and the wind steals the scent of the lotuses on its banks.