तादृशावरणान्सर्गान् ब्रह्माण्डेषु ददर्श सा । कोटिशः स्फुरितान् व्योम्नि त्रसरेणूनिवाऽऽतपे ॥ ३ ॥
tādṛśāvaraṇānsargān brahmāṇḍēṣu dadarśa sā | kōṭiśaḥ sphuritān vyōmni trasarēṇūnivā’’tapē || 3 ||
Translation
She saw creations with such coverings, world-eggs by the crore, flickering in space like motes in sunlight;
Word by word
- tādṛśa
- such
- āvaraṇān
- with coverings
- sargān
- creations
- brahmāṇḍēṣu
- world-eggs
- dadarśa
- she saw
- sā
- she
- kōṭiśaḥ
- by the crore
- sphuritān
- flickering
- vyōmni
- in space
- trasarēṇūn
- motes
- iva
- like
- ātapē
- in sunlight
Meaning
Not one world-egg but crores of them, each with its own coverings. The trasareṇu is the mote seen dancing in a beam of sunlight, the smallest thing the eye can see. Another commentary: creations lit by their own ground, awareness.