ततोऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्या च वेष्टिताम् । प्रत्यग्रक्षीरपूर्णाब्धिलेखया स्वादुशीतया ॥ १६ ॥
tatō’pi dviguṇākāraṁ dhārayantyā ca vēṣṭitām | pratyagrakṣīrapūrṇābdhilēkhayā svāduśītayā || 16 ||
Translation
and enclosed by the line of the ocean full of fresh milk, sweet and cool, which bears a form twice that again;
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) that
- api
- again
- dviguṇa
- twice
- ākāraṁ
- a form
- dhārayantyā
- which bears
- ca
- and
- vēṣṭitām
- enclosed
- pratyagra
- fresh
- kṣīra
- of milk
- pūrṇa
- full
- abdhi
- of the ocean
- lēkhayā
- by the line
- svādu
- sweet
- śītayā
- and cool
Meaning
The milk ocean, on which Viṣṇu lies, and from which the nectar was churned.