रसार्द्रं खेभ्रमद्धंसं रात्रिसङ्कोचभाजनम् । पातालपङ्कनिर्मग्ननागनाथमृणालकम् ॥ ५ ॥
rasārdraṁ khēbhramaddhaṁsaṁ rātrisaṅkōcabhājanam | pātālapaṅkanirmagnanāganāthamṛṇālakam || 5 ||
- Another reading: खेभ्रमद्भृङ्गं (khēbhramadbhṛṅgaṁ) for खेभ्रमद्धंसं
Translation
moist with sap, a swan wandering in its sky, the vessel of the closing at night, its stalk the lord of the nāgas sunk in the mud of the nether world;
Word by word
- rasa
- with sap
- ārdraṁ
- moist
- khē
- in its sky
- bhramad
- (bhramat) wandering
- haṁsaṁ
- a swan
- rātri
- at night
- saṅkōca
- of the closing
- bhājanam
- the vessel
- pātāla
- of the nether world
- paṅka
- in the mud
- nirmagna
- sunk
- nāga
- of the nāgas
- nātha
- the lord
- mṛṇālakam
- its stalk
Meaning
Another commentary: moist with the flavours of all sentiments, with the sun as the swan moving in its sky, served by the closing that is night, and adorned with Śeṣa, lord of the serpents, as its stalk sunk in the mud of the nether world. A lotus closes at night; so the world folds into sleep. Śeṣa, on whom the earth rests, is its root.