Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
समुद्राश्चैव मेघाश्च आपश्चैवाथ पार्थिवाः / शरमाणा व्रजन्त्येव सलिलाख्यास्तथाचलाः
samudrāścaiva meghāśca āpaścaivātha pārthivāḥ / śaramāṇā vrajantyeva salilākhyāstathācalāḥ
The oceans, the clouds, and the waters upon the earth—each, as if ashamed, withdraws; so too the waters called “salila,” and even the mountains, move away.