ततः सुरामहाम्भोधिलेखया पुष्पशुभ्रया । शेषस्य देहलतया हरिमूर्तिमिवाऽऽवृताम् ॥ २१ ॥
tataḥ surāmahāmbhōdhilēkhayā puṣpaśubhrayā | śēṣasya dēhalatayā harimūrtimivā’’vṛtām || 21 ||
Translation
then by the line of the great ocean of wine, white as flowers, as the form of Hari is wrapped in the creeper body of Śeṣa;
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- surā
- of wine
- mahā
- great
- ambhōdhi
- of the ocean
- lēkhayā
- by the line
- puṣpa
- as flowers
- śubhrayā
- white
- śēṣasya
- of Śeṣa
- dēha
- body
- latayā
- in the creeper
- hari
- of Hari
- mūrtim
- the form
- iva
- as
- āvṛtām
- is wrapped
Meaning
Another commentary: surrounded by the line of the great ocean of wine, as the image of Kṛṣṇa by the creeper-like body of Śeṣa. Viṣṇu lies on the coils of the serpent Śeṣa; so the white wine-sea coils around the land.
