पादैरमृदिताम्लानपुष्पकोमलपल्लवैः । स्थलाब्जदलमालाभैरस्पृशद्भूतलं पुनः ॥ १६ ॥
pādairamṛditāmlānapuṣpakōmalapallavaiḥ | sthalābjadalamālābhairaspṛśadbhūtalaṁ punaḥ || 16 ||
Translation
and again not touching the ground with their feet, like soft shoots of fresh, uncrushed flowers, like a garland of the petals of land-lotuses;
Word by word
- pādair
- (pādaiḥ) with their feet
- amṛdita
- uncrushed
- amlāna
- fresh
- puṣpa
- flowers
- kōmala
- soft
- pallavaiḥ
- like shoots
- sthala
- land
- abja
- of lotuses
- dala
- of the petals
- mālā
- a garland
- ābhair
- (ābhaiḥ) like
- aspṛśad
- (aspṛśat) not touching
- bhūtalaṁ
- the ground
- punaḥ
- again
Meaning
Beings of the subtle body do not touch the ground; the family sees it without understanding.