प्रत्येकस्याऽण्डगोलस्य स्थितः कटकरत्नवत् । भूताकृष्टिकरो भावः पार्थिवः स्वस्वभावतः ॥ ३२ ॥
pratyēkasyā’ṇḍagōlasya sthitaḥ kaṭakaratnavat | bhūtākṛṣṭikarō bhāvaḥ pārthivaḥ svasvabhāvataḥ || 32 ||
Translation
Each globe of a world-egg holds, set in it like the jewel in a bracelet, an earthy power that draws beings, by its own nature.
Word by word
- pratyēkasya
- each
- aṇḍa
- of a world-egg
- gōlasya
- globe
- sthitaḥ
- set
- kaṭaka
- in a bracelet
- ratna
- the jewel
- vat
- like
- bhūta
- beings
- ākṛṣṭi
- draws
- karō
- that
- bhāvaḥ
- power
- pārthivaḥ
- earthy
- sva
- its own
- svabhāvataḥ
- by nature
Meaning
Why do the world-eggs not come apart, with nothing outside to hold them? The first commentary: each holds its beings together by a drawing power of its own, set all through it like a jewel in a bracelet. This is the power of v. 11, now said to belong to each world-egg alike.