ततो मधुरगामिन्यौ विश्राम्यन्त्यौ स्वशक्तितः । शून्ये ददृशतुर्व्योममहारम्भातिमन्थरम् ॥ ९ ॥
tatō madhuragāminyau viśrāmyantyau svaśaktitaḥ | śūnyē dadṛśaturvyōmamahārambhātimantharam || 9 ||
Translation
Then, going sweetly, resting as their strength allowed, they saw in the void the space, slow and heavy with great undertakings,
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- madhura
- sweetly
- gāminyau
- going
- viśrāmyantyau
- resting
- sva
- their
- śaktitaḥ
- as strength allowed
- śūnyē
- in the void
- dadṛśatur
- (dadṛśatuḥ) they saw
- vyōma
- the space
- mahā
- great
- ārambha
- with undertakings
- ati
- very
- mantharam
- slow and heavy
Meaning
Another commentary: going gently as their strength allowed, they saw the sky full of the making of many world-eggs. The "great undertakings" are the creations that fill space; the description of them runs on to the end of the sarga.