अथ ते ललने तत्र तदा ददृशतुः स्वयम् । तं गिरिग्रामकं व्योम्नः स्वर्गखण्डमिव च्युतम् ॥ २३ ॥
atha tē lalanē tatra tadā dadṛśatuḥ svayam | taṁ girigrāmakaṁ vyōmnaḥ svargakhaṇḍamiva cyutam || 23 ||
Translation
Then the two women there saw for themselves that mountain village, like a piece of heaven fallen from the sky,
Word by word
- atha
- then
- tē
- the two
- lalanē
- women
- tatra
- there
- tadā
- then
- dadṛśatuḥ
- saw
- svayam
- for themselves
- taṁ
- that
- giri
- mountain
- grāmakaṁ
- village
- vyōmnaḥ
- from the sky
- svarga
- of heaven
- khaṇḍam
- a piece
- iva
- like
- cyutam
- fallen
Meaning
Another commentary: they saw the village where the brahmin lived as beautiful as a fragment of heaven. From here to v. 54 every word describes the village; the long list is the sarga's delight in the ordinary.