श्रीदेव्युवाच इत उत्तरमग्रे ते ब्रह्माण्डपुटकर्परम् । यस्य चन्द्रादयो नाम धूलिलेशाः समुत्थिताः ॥ ५२ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca ita uttaramagrē tē brahmāṇḍapuṭakarparam | yasya candrādayō nāma dhūlilēśāḥ samutthitāḥ || 52 ||
Translation
The goddess said: Beyond this, ahead of you, is the shell of the world-egg, from which the moon and the rest have risen as mere specks of dust.
Word by word
- ita
- from here
- uttaram
- beyond
- agrē
- ahead
- tē
- of you
- brahmāṇḍa
- of the world-egg
- puṭa
- the casing
- karparam
- shell
- yasya
- from which
- candra
- the moon
- ādayō
- and the rest
- nāma
- mere
- dhūli
- of dust
- lēśāḥ
- specks
- samutthitāḥ
- have risen
Meaning
The brahmāṇḍa, the world-egg, holds every world they have passed; its shell is the wall Rāma asked about at the start of the last sarga. Sun and moon are dust thrown up from it.