कुलशैलेश्वरोत्तुङ्गबीजसप्तकसुन्दरीम् । मध्यस्थोच्चमहामेरुबीजाक्रान्तनभस्थलीम् ॥ ९ ॥
kulaśailēśvarōttuṅgabījasaptakasundarīm | madhyasthōccamahāmērubījākrāntanabhasthalīm || 9 ||
Translation
beautiful with seven lofty seeds, the lords of the great ranges, its sky crossed by the great seed of high Meru standing in the middle;
Word by word
- kula
- of the great
- śaila
- ranges
- īśvara
- the lords
- uttuṅga
- lofty
- bīja
- seeds
- saptaka
- with seven
- sundarīm
- beautiful
- madhyastha
- standing in the middle
- ucca
- high
- mahā
- great
- mēru
- of Meru
- ākrānta
- crossed
- nabhaḥ
- its sky
- sthalīm
- region
Meaning
Another commentary: beautiful with the seven great ranges as seeds, and with the great seed Meru in the middle reaching into the sky. Meru is the axis of the world, rising from the centre of Jambudvīpa.