श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । तस्मिन् गिरितटे ग्रामे तस्य मण्डपकोटरे । अन्तर्धिमाश्वाययतुस्तत्रस्थे एव ते स्त्रियौ ॥ १ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | tasmin giritaṭē grāmē tasya maṇḍapakōṭarē | antardhimāśvāyayatustatrasthē ēva tē striyau || 1 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: In that village on the mountain slope, in the hollow of that hall, the two women swiftly vanished, while staying where they were.
Word by word
- tasmin
- in that
- giri
- on the mountain
- taṭē
- slope
- grāmē
- village
- tasya
- that
- maṇḍapa
- of the hall
- kōṭarē
- in the hollow
- antardhim
- vanished
- āśu
- swiftly
- āyayatus
- (āyayatuḥ) the two went into
- tatrasthē
- staying where they were
- ēva
- while
- tē
- the two
- striyau
- women
Meaning
They do not leave; they withdraw from sight. Their bodies of awareness stay in the room, now unseen again.