तादृगम्बरमेतेषां महाकाशं ततं स्थितम् । आजीवितं प्रगच्छद्भिर्विष्ण्वाद्यैर्यन्न मीयते ॥ ३१ ॥
tādṛgambaramētēṣāṁ mahākāśaṁ tataṁ sthitam | ājīvitaṁ pragacchadbhirviṣṇvādyairyanna mīyatē || 31 ||
Translation
Such is the space that holds them: the great space stands spread out, which Viṣṇu and the others, running on for their whole lives, could not measure.
Word by word
- tādṛg
- (tādṛk) such
- ambaram
- the space
- ētēṣāṁ
- that holds them
- mahā
- great
- ākāśaṁ
- space
- tataṁ
- spread out
- sthitam
- stands
- ājīvitaṁ
- for their whole lives
- pragacchadbhir
- (pragacchadbhiḥ) running on
- viṣṇva
- (viṣṇu) Viṣṇu
- ādyair
- (ādyaiḥ) and the others
- yan
- (yat) which
- na
- not
- mīyatē
- could measure
Meaning
Even the gods, who live for ages, could not run to the end of it. The first commentary: if Viṣṇu and the others ran all their lives to find how large it is, they would not learn its extent.