केचिच्छिलाङ्गनिष्पिण्डाः केचित् कृमिमयान्तराः । केचिद्देवमया एव केचिन्नरमयान्तराः ॥ २७ ॥
kēcicchilāṅganiṣpiṇḍāḥ kēcit kṛmimayāntarāḥ | kēciddēvamayā ēva kēcinnaramayāntarāḥ || 27 ||
Translation
Some are solid lumps, bodies of rock; some are full of worms within; some are of gods alone; some, within, of men.
Word by word
- kēcic
- (kecit) some
- śilā
- of rock
- aṅga
- bodies
- niṣpiṇḍāḥ
- solid lumps
- kēcit
- some
- kṛmi
- worms
- maya
- full of
- antarāḥ
- within
- kēcid
- (kecit) some
- dēva
- gods
- mayā
- of
- ēva
- alone
- kēcin
- (kecit) some
- nara
- men
Meaning
The list goes on without hurry, so that the mind tires of counting and gives up the idea that our world is the measure of worlds.