Shloka 22

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश् च ग्रामणीसर्पराक्षसैः प्रदीपयन् सहस्रांशुर् अग्रतः पृष्ठतो ऽप्यधः

Transliteration

gandharvairapsarobhiś ca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ pradīpayan sahasrāṃśur agrataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'pyadhaḥ

Translation

Accompagné des Gandharva et des Apsaras, ainsi que de chefs, de serpents et de Rākṣasa, le Seigneur aux mille rayons flamboya—éclairant la voie devant, derrière, et même au-dessous.

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वैः: by the Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

• अप्सरोभिः: by the Apsarases (celestial nymphs)

• च: and

• ग्रामणी: by leaders/chiefs

• सर्प: by serpents/Nāgas

• राक्षसैः: by Rākṣasas (powerful beings)

• प्रदीपयन्: illuminating, making radiant

• सहस्रांशुः: the thousand-rayed one (radiant, sun-like splendor

• अग्रतः: in front

• पृष्ठतः: behind

• अपि: also/even

• अधः: below

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)