तत्र लोकान्तराण्यद्रीनन्तरिक्षमतीत्य ते । प्रापतुर्भूतलं शैलमण्डलाम्भोधिसङ्कुलम् ॥ ९ ॥
tatra lōkāntarāṇyadrīnantarikṣamatītya tē | prāpaturbhūtalaṁ śailamaṇḍalāmbhōdhisaṅkulam || 9 ||
Translation
There they passed other worlds, mountains and the middle air, and reached the face of the earth, crowded with ranges of mountains and with oceans.
Word by word
- tatra
- there
- lōka
- worlds
- antarāṇya
- (antarāṇi) other
- adrīn
- mountains
- antarikṣam
- the middle air
- atītya
- passing
- tē
- they
- prāpatur
- (prāpatuḥ) reached
- bhūtalaṁ
- the face of the earth
- śaila
- of mountains
- maṇḍala
- with ranges
- ambhōdhi
- and with oceans
- saṅkulam
- crowded
Meaning
The descent through a world is told briefly here, after the long account of 3.24–3.25. They pass the higher worlds, the mountains that hold up the sky and the air between, and come to the earth as men know it. It is the same journey Līlā made in her own world: every world of thought has the same plan.