श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । अथ तत्रैव ते देव्यौ संग्रामं तमवेक्षितुम् । विमाने कल्पिते कान्ते रुद्धे रुरुहतुः स्थिरे ॥ २ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | atha tatraiva tē dēvyau saṁgrāmaṁ tamavēkṣitum | vimānē kalpitē kāntē ruddhē ruruhatuḥ sthirē || 2 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Then the two goddesses, to watch that battle, climbed into a lovely chariot made of thought, held still right there.
Word by word
- atha
- then
- tatra
- there
- ēva
- right
- tē
- the two
- dēvyau
- goddesses
- saṁgrāmaṁ
- battle
- tam
- that
- avēkṣitum
- to watch
- vimānē
- into a chariot
- kalpitē
- made of thought
- kāntē
- lovely
- ruddhē
- held
- ruruhatuḥ
- climbed
- sthirē
- still
Meaning
A chariot "made of thought" (kalpita): imagined by the goddess, it is as real as anything else in this world of thought, and it can be held still in the air above the fighting. The first commentary: held there by the mind. From here they watch, as from a box at a spectacle.