परितो वलितं व्योम्ना निःशून्येनैकरूपिणा । अथ योजनकोटीनां शतेन घनरूपिणा । व्याप्तं ब्रह्माण्डकुड्येन हैमेनाऽपि द्विपर्वणा ॥ ३४ ॥
paritō valitaṁ vyōmnā niḥśūnyēnaikarūpiṇā | atha yōjanakōṭīnāṁ śatēna ghanarūpiṇā | vyāptaṁ brahmāṇḍakuḍyēna haimēnā’pi dviparvaṇā || 34 ||
Translation
it is encircled by space, utterly void, of one form; and then pervaded by the wall of the world-egg, a hundred crores of yojanas, dense, golden, in two layers.
Word by word
- paritō
- (paritaḥ) on every side
- valitaṁ
- it is encircled
- vyōmnā
- by space
- niḥśūnyēna
- utterly void
- ēka
- one
- rūpiṇā
- of form; in form
- atha
- and then
- yōjana
- of yojanas
- kōṭīnāṁ
- crores
- śatēna
- a hundred
- ghana
- dense
- vyāptaṁ
- pervaded
- brahmāṇḍa
- of the world-egg
- kuḍyēna
- by the wall
- haimēna
- golden
- api
- and
- dvi
- two
- parvaṇā
- in layers
Meaning
Last, empty space, and then the shell of the cosmic egg itself, golden and double, in the Purāṇas the boundary of a universe. Everything Līlā has seen, from the dew on the lotus to the wind of the dissolution, lies inside that shell; and the shell, as v. 1 said, lies inside the mind of knowing. This verse has three halves.