पातालकुहरात् क्षुब्धमन्धकारमिवोत्थितम् । लोकालोकमिवोन्मत्तनृत्यलोललसत्तटम् ॥ महानरकसङ्घातं भित्त्वाऽवनिमिवोत्थितम् ॥ २७ ॥
pātālakuharāt kṣubdhamandhakāramivōtthitam | lōkālōkamivōnmattanṛtyalōlalasattaṭam || mahānarakasaṅghātaṁ bhittvā’vanimivōtthitam || 27 ||
Translation
like darkness risen in turmoil from the cave of the underworld; like the Lokāloka mountain, its slopes swaying in a frenzied dance; like the mass of the great hells risen through the earth:
Word by word
- pātāla
- of the underworld
- kuharāt
- from the cave
- kṣubdham
- in turmoil
- andhakāram
- darkness
- iva
- like
- utthitam
- risen
- lōkālōkam
- the Lokāloka mountain
- unmatta
- frenzied
- nṛtya
- in a dance
- lōla
- swaying
- lasat
- gleaming
- taṭam
- its slopes
- mahā
- great
- naraka
- of the hells
- saṅghātaṁ
- the mass
- bhittvā
- breaking through
- avanim
- the earth
Meaning
Three images of darkness from below. The darkness of Pātāla, the underworld, breaking out of its cave. Lokāloka, the mountain range that rings the world at its edge, beyond which no light goes, here dancing wildly. And all the great hells bursting up through the ground.