केचिन्मशकसम्पूर्णा उदुम्बरफलश्रियः । नित्यं शून्यान्तराः केचिच्छून्यस्पन्दात्मजन्तवः ॥ २९ ॥
kēcinmaśakasampūrṇā udumbaraphalaśriyaḥ | nityaṁ śūnyāntarāḥ kēcicchūnyaspandātmajantavaḥ || 29 ||
Translation
Some are full of gnats, like the fruit of the udumbara; some are ever empty within, their creatures made only of the stirring of emptiness.
Word by word
- kēcin
- (kecit) some
- maśaka
- of gnats
- sampūrṇā
- full
- udumbara
- of the udumbara
- phala
- the fruit
- śriyaḥ
- like
- nityaṁ
- ever
- śūnya
- empty; of emptiness
- antarāḥ
- within
- kēcic
- (kecit) some
- spanda
- the stirring
- ātma
- made of
- jantavaḥ
- their creatures
Meaning
The udumbara (cluster fig) is full of tiny insects inside: an old image for a world teeming unseen inside a small round thing. The yakṣas of v. 34 will close the list with the same thought.