यथा विन्ध्यवनाभोगे प्रस्फुरन्ति करेणवः । तथा तस्मिन् पराभोगे ब्रह्माण्डत्रसरेणवः ॥ १५ ॥
yathā vindhyavanābhōgē prasphuranti karēṇavaḥ | tathā tasmin parābhōgē brahmāṇḍatrasarēṇavaḥ || 15 ||
Translation
As elephants roam the wide forests of the Vindhya, so in that supreme expanse the motes that are world-eggs flicker.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- vindhya
- of the Vindhya
- vana
- forests
- ābhōgē
- the wide; in the expanse
- prasphuranti
- roam; flicker
- karēṇavaḥ
- elephants
- tathā
- so
- tasmin
- in that
- para
- supreme
- brahmāṇḍa
- that are world-eggs
- trasarēṇavaḥ
- the motes
Meaning
Elephants are the largest of beasts, and yet the Vindhya forests hold herds of them unnoticed. World-eggs, vast to those inside, are motes in the supreme space.