अशङ्कितागते तत्ते देव्यौ ददृशतुर्नभः । नभश्चरगणाक्रान्तमम्बुदैरिव मालितम् ॥ १३ ॥
aśaṅkitāgatē tattē dēvyau dadṛśaturnabhaḥ | nabhaścaragaṇākrāntamambudairiva mālitam || 13 ||
Translation
Arriving there unafraid, the two goddesses saw the sky, thronged with hosts of sky-goers, as if garlanded with clouds;
Word by word
- aśaṅkita
- unafraid
- āgatē
- arriving
- tat
- that
- tē
- the two
- dēvyau
- goddesses
- dadṛśatur
- (dadṛśatuḥ) saw
- nabhaḥ
- the sky
- nabhaścara
- of sky-goers
- gaṇa
- with hosts
- ākrāntam
- thronged
- ambudair
- (ambudaiḥ) with clouds
- iva
- as if
- mālitam
- garlanded
Meaning
"Unafraid" (aśaṅkita): the two come with no fear of the battle, as beings of thought whom no weapon can touch; another commentary: free of fear and doubt, skilled in going unseen. The spectators in the sky are so many that they hang in it like strings of cloud.