शिलाकुहरवाःस्फालप्रोच्चलन्मुक्तनिर्झरैः । स्मारिताचलनिर्धूतक्षीरोदकजलश्रियम् ॥ २७ ॥
śilākuharavāḥsphālaprōccalanmuktanirjharaiḥ | smāritācalanirdhūtakṣīrōdakajalaśriyam || 27 ||
Translation
recalling, by its waterfalls leaping free from the beating of water in rock hollows, the splendour of the milk-ocean's water churned by the mountain,
Word by word
- śilā
- rock
- kuhara
- in hollows
- vāḥ
- of water
- sphāla
- from the beating
- prōccalan
- (proccalat) leaping
- mukta
- free
- nirjharaiḥ
- by its waterfalls
- smārita
- recalling
- acala
- by the mountain
- nirdhūta
- churned
- kṣīrōdaka
- of the milk-ocean
- jala
- water
- śriyam
- the splendour
Meaning
The milk ocean was churned by gods and demons with Mount Mandara as the churning stick; the white spray of the waterfalls recalls it.