कदाचिदास्पदाम्भोधिकम्पकम्पितदिग्दलम् । अधोनालगतानन्तदैत्यदानवकण्टकम् ॥ ६ ॥
kadācidāspadāmbhōdhikampakampitadigdalam | adhōnālagatānantadaityadānavakaṇṭakam || 6 ||
Translation
at times its petals, the directions, shaken by the quaking of the ocean it rests on; the endless daityas and dānavas that go below the stalk its thorns;
Word by word
- kadācid
- (kadācit) at times
- āspada
- it rests on
- ambhōdhi
- of the ocean
- kampa
- by the quaking
- kampita
- shaken
- dig
- (dik) the directions
- dalam
- its petals
- adhō
- (adhaḥ) below
- nāla
- the stalk
- gata
- that go
- ananta
- endless
- daitya
- daityas
- dānava
- and dānavas
- kaṇṭakam
- its thorns
Meaning
Another commentary: at times the eight directions, its petals, tremble with the trembling of the great ocean that is the earth's support; and below the stalk, the nether world, the daityas and dānavas are its thorns. A lotus stalk is thorny, and the demons of the nether world are thorns in the world's side.