दृष्टं नष्टासु दिक्ष्वब्धिकल्लोलैरुह्यमानया । मत्स्याम्बुकच्छपाच्छोडे मोघमाननताडनम् ॥ ४७ ॥
dṛṣṭaṁ naṣṭāsu dikṣvabdhikallōlairuhyamānayā | matsyāmbukacchapācchōḍē mōghamānanatāḍanam || 47 ||
Translation
as a fish, carried by the ocean waves where the directions are lost, I saw the vain blows of the fishermen on the turtle's back.
Word by word
- dṛṣṭaṁ
- I saw
- naṣṭāsu
- are lost
- dikṣv
- (dikṣu) where the directions
- abdhi
- of the ocean
- kallōlair
- (kallolaiḥ) by the waves
- uhyamānayā
- carried
- matsya
- as a fish
- ambu
- water
- kacchapa
- of the turtle
- ācchōḍē
- on the back
- mōgham
- vain
- ānana
- of the fishermen
- tāḍanam
- the blows
Meaning
Another commentary: as a fish swept by the waves I saw the fishermen's blows fall in vain on the tortoise's shell. Each life adds an image; together they are the whole helpless round.