तमस्तिमितगम्भीरमाशाकुहरपूरकम् । एकार्णवोदरप्रख्यं शिलोदरघनं स्थितम् ॥ ४६ ॥
tamastimitagambhīramāśākuharapūrakam | ēkārṇavōdaraprakhyaṁ śilōdaraghanaṁ sthitam || 46 ||
Translation
It stood dark, still and deep, filling the hollows of the quarters, like the belly of the one ocean, dense as the inside of a rock.
Word by word
- tamas
- (tamaḥ) dark
- timita
- still
- gambhīram
- deep
- āśā
- of the quarters
- kuhara
- the hollows
- pūrakam
- filling
- ēka
- one
- arṇava
- ocean
- udara
- the belly; inside
- prakhyaṁ
- like
- śilā
- of a rock
- ghanaṁ
- dense
- sthitam
- it stood
Meaning
The darkness beyond the lit worlds: still, filling every direction, dense enough to seem solid.