स्वशरीरेण गङ्गादिसरितां सन्निधानतः । प्रोड्डीनमत्स्यमकरकुलीराम्बुजकूर्मकम् ॥ ६२ ॥
svaśarīrēṇa gaṅgādisaritāṁ sannidhānataḥ | prōḍḍīnamatsyamakarakulīrāmbujakūrmakam || 62 ||
Translation
where, from the nearness of the Gaṅgā and the other rivers in their own bodies, fish, crocodiles, crabs, lotuses and tortoises are flying about;
Word by word
- sva
- their own
- śarīrēṇa
- in bodies
- gaṅgā
- of the Gaṅgā
- ādi
- and the other
- saritāṁ
- rivers
- sannidhānataḥ
- from the nearness
- prōḍḍīna
- flying about
- matsya
- fish
- makara
- crocodiles
- kulīra
- crabs
- ambuja
- lotuses
- kūrmakam
- and tortoises
Meaning
The rivers too have bodies and walk the sky, the commentary says, and their creatures fly about with them.