उच्छिन्नरक्तजलधिपतितेभकुलाचलः । नभोविकीर्णनिपतद्युतारकणतारकः ॥ २३ ॥
ucchinnaraktajaladhipatitēbhakulācalaḥ | nabhōvikīrṇanipatadyutārakaṇatārakaḥ || 23 ||
- Another reading: नभोविकीर्णनिपतद्युत्तारकणतारकः (nabhōvikīrṇanipatadyuttārakaṇatārakaḥ) for नभोविकीर्णनिपतद्युतारकणतारकः
Translation
its mountains the herds of elephants fallen in the overflowing ocean of blood; its stars the drops scattered in the sky, falling and running together;
Word by word
- ucchinna
- overflowing
- rakta
- of blood
- jaladhi
- in the ocean
- patita
- fallen
- ibha
- of elephants
- kulācalaḥ
- its mountains
- nabhō
- (nabhaḥ) in the sky
- vikīrṇa
- scattered
- nipatad
- (nipatat) falling
- yuta
- running together
- ārakaṇa
- the drops
- tārakaḥ
- its stars
Meaning
At the world's end the ocean overflows and mountains fall into it. Here the ocean is blood and the mountains are the fallen elephants. The drops of blood in the air, falling and merging into large drops, are the stars; both commentaries read it so.