ततो दशगुणेनाऽथ पातालतलगामिना । निखातवलयेनोच्चैः श्वभ्रसम्भाररूपिणा ॥ २४ ॥
tatō daśaguṇēnā’tha pātālatalagāminā | nikhātavalayēnōccaiḥ śvabhrasambhārarūpiṇā || 24 ||
Translation
then, beyond, by a dug ring ten times greater, going down to the floor of the nether world, high, in the form of a mass of chasms,
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- daśa
- ten
- guṇēna
- times greater
- atha
- beyond
- pātāla
- of the nether world
- tala
- to the floor
- gāminā
- going down
- nikhāta
- dug
- valayēna
- by a ring
- uccaiḥ
- high
- śvabhra
- of chasms
- sambhāra
- of a mass
- rūpiṇā
- in the form
Meaning
Beyond the seven seas the measure changes: now each ring is ten times the last. The first is a vast trench reaching down to the nether world.