श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । इति प्रकथयन्त्यौ ते प्राप्ते ब्रह्माण्डकर्परम् । भ्रमर्याविव शैलस्य कुड्यं निविडमण्डपम् ॥ ५३ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | iti prakathayantyau tē prāptē brahmāṇḍakarparam | bhramaryāviva śailasya kuḍyaṁ niviḍamaṇḍapam || 53 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Talking so, the two reached the shell of the world-egg, as two bees reach the wall of a mountain, a closed vault.
Word by word
- iti
- so
- prakathayantyau
- talking
- tē
- the two
- prāptē
- reached
- brahmāṇḍa
- of the world-egg
- karparam
- the shell
- bhramaryau
- two bees
- iva
- as
- śailasya
- of a mountain
- kuḍyaṁ
- the wall
- niviḍa
- closed
- maṇḍapam
- vault
Meaning
Another commentary: like two bees inside a hollow in a mountain with no opening. The wall seems to close every way out.