भूतलौघमहाशैलमृणालाङ्कुरकोटिषु । दिक्षु बभ्रमतुः स्वैरं भ्रमर्यौ सरसीष्विव ॥ ७ ॥
bhūtalaughamahāśailamṛṇālāṅkurakōṭiṣu | dikṣu babhramatuḥ svairaṁ bhramaryau sarasīṣviva || 7 ||
Translation
They roamed at will through the directions, among the countless shoots of lotus stalks that are the masses of lands and great mountains, like two bees among lakes.
Word by word
- bhūtala
- of lands
- ōgha
- the masses
- mahā
- great
- śaila
- mountains
- mṛṇāla
- of lotus stalks
- aṅkura
- shoots
- kōṭiṣu
- among the countless
- dikṣu
- through the directions
- babhramatuḥ
- they roamed
- svairaṁ
- at will
- bhramaryau
- two bees
- sarasīṣv
- (sarasīṣu) among lakes
- iva
- like
Meaning
From such a height the continents and their mountain ranges look like the shoots of lotus plants standing up out of a pond, and the two women move among them as freely as bees.