स्रवन्ति सिकतास्तैलं पठन्त्युपलपुत्रिकाः । गर्जन्ति चित्रजलदा इतीवेदं वचः प्रभो ॥ ७२ ॥
sravanti sikatāstailaṁ paṭhantyupalaputrikāḥ | garjanti citrajaladā itīvēdaṁ vacaḥ prabhō || 72 ||
Translation
sand drips oil; stone dolls recite; painted clouds thunder: your words, lord, are like these.
Word by word
- sravanti
- drips
- sikatās
- (sikatāḥ) sand
- tailaṁ
- oil
- paṭhanti
- recite
- upala
- stone
- putrikāḥ
- dolls
- garjanti
- thunder
- citra
- painted
- jaladā
- (jaladāḥ) clouds
- iti
- like
- iva
- like
- idaṁ
- these
- vacaḥ
- your words
- prabhō
- lord
Meaning
The list goes on. The other commentary: as these are impossible, so is your saying that the world does not exist. Rāma does not doubt Vasiṣṭha's knowledge; he says the claim is too much for him.