दिग्दलाष्टकविश्रान्तससुराम्भोधिषट्पदाम् । भ्रातृभिर्नवभिर्भूपैर्नवधा परिकल्पिताम् ॥ १२ ॥
digdalāṣṭakaviśrāntasasurāmbhōdhiṣaṭpadām | bhrātṛbhirnavabhirbhūpairnavadhā parikalpitām || 12 ||
Translation
with gods and oceans for bees resting on its eight directional petals; divided in nine by nine kings who were brothers;
Word by word
- dig
- (dik) directional
- dala
- petals
- aṣṭaka
- on its eight
- viśrānta
- resting
- sa
- with
- sura
- gods
- ambhōdhi
- and oceans
- ṣaṭpadām
- for bees
- bhrātṛbhir
- (bhrātṛbhiḥ) who were brothers
- navabhir
- (navabhiḥ) by nine
- bhūpair
- (bhūpaiḥ) kings
- navadhā
- in nine
- parikalpitām
- divided
Meaning
Another commentary: the guardians of the eight directions and the oceans are its bees; and it is divided into nine regions, Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla and the others, by nine brothers. In the Purāṇas, the nine sons of Āgnīdhra each receive one region (varṣa) of Jambudvīpa.