श्रीराम उवाच । वज्राङ्गसाराद् ब्रह्माण्डकुड्यान्निबिडमण्डलात् । कोटियोजनसंपुष्टात् कथं ते निर्गतेऽबले ॥ १ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | vajrāṅgasārād brahmāṇḍakuḍyānnibiḍamaṇḍalāt | kōṭiyōjanasaṁpuṣṭāt kathaṁ tē nirgatē’balē || 1 ||
Translation
Rāma said: From the wall of the world-egg, hard as diamond, a dense sphere, crores of yojanas thick, how did those two women get out?
Word by word
- vajra
- as diamond
- aṅga
- body
- sārād
- (sārāt) hard
- brahmāṇḍa
- of the world-egg
- kuḍyān
- (kuḍyāt) from the wall
- nibiḍa
- a dense
- maṇḍalāt
- sphere
- kōṭi
- crores
- yōjana
- of yojanas
- saṁpuṣṭāt
- thick
- kathaṁ
- how
- tē
- those two
- nirgatē
- did get out
- abalē
- women
Meaning
Rāma's question is honest: the Purāṇas describe the shell of the cosmic egg as impenetrable. Another commentary: in a dream, even a false wall is seen to block one's way; how much more such a wall.