निःशून्यत्वादशब्देन मरुता परितो वृतम् । एतस्मादथ सर्वस्मात्ततो दशगुणात्मना ॥ ३३ ॥
niḥśūnyatvādaśabdēna marutā paritō vṛtam | ētasmādatha sarvasmāttatō daśaguṇātmanā || 33 ||
Translation
soundless, being utterly void: by that wind it is surrounded on every side; then, beyond all this, by one ten times as great,
Word by word
- niḥśūnyatvād
- (niḥśūnyatvāt) being utterly void
- aśabdēna
- soundless
- marutā
- by that wind
- paritō
- (paritaḥ) on every side
- vṛtam
- it is surrounded
- ētasmād
- (etasmāt) beyond this
- atha
- then
- sarvasmāt
- all
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- daśa
- ten
- guṇa
- times
- ātmanā
- as great
Meaning
The wind is silent because there is nothing in its path to make a sound: nothing is left out here.