उदुम्बरोदरमशकक्रमभ्रम- ज्जगत्त्रयान्तरगतभूतसंचयम् । विलङ्घ्य तद्वरललने खमुच्चकै- र्महीतलं पुनरपि गन्तुमुद्यते ॥ ६५ ॥
udumbarōdaramaśakakramabhrama- jjagattrayāntaragatabhūtasaṁcayam | vilaṅghya tadvaralalanē khamuccakai- rmahītalaṁ punarapi gantumudyatē || 65 ||
Translation
Having crossed that sky high above, in which the hosts of beings within the three worlds whirl like gnats inside a fig, the two fine women set out once more to go to the earth.
Word by word
- udumbara
- of a fig
- udara
- inside
- maśaka
- gnats
- krama
- like
- bhramaj
- (bhramat) whirl
- jagat
- worlds
- traya
- the three
- antara
- within
- gata
- being
- bhūta
- of beings
- saṁcayam
- the hosts
- vilaṅghya
- having crossed
- tad
- (tat) that
- vara
- fine
- lalanē
- the two women
- kham
- sky
- uccakair
- (uccakaiḥ) high above
- mahītalaṁ
- to the earth
- punar
- (punaḥ) once
- api
- more
- gantum
- to go
- udyatē
- set out
Meaning
The sarga ends in a long verse. The fig (udumbara) full of gnats is a favourite image of the work: the three worlds teem with beings who think their world is all there is, as the gnats inside a fig know nothing beyond it. The two women, having crossed all that, turn back towards the earth, and the next sarga shows them the world of the brahmin.