Chapter 17
स वर्षपूगानुदधौ महाबल- श्चरन्महोर्मीञ्छ्वसनेरितान्मुहु: । मौर्व्याभिजघ्ने गदया विभावरी- मासेदिवांस्तात पुरीं प्रचेतस: ॥ २६ ॥
Transliteration
sa varṣa-pūgān udadhau mahā-balaś caran mahormīñ chvasaneritān muhuḥ maurvyābhijaghne gadayā vibhāvarīm āsedivāṁs tāta purīṁ pracetasaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
saḥ — he; varṣa-pūgān — for many years; udadhau — in the ocean; mahā-balaḥ — mighty; caran — moving; mahā-ūrmīn — gigantic waves; śvasana — by the wind; īritān — tossed; muhuḥ — again and again; maurvyā — iron; abhijaghne — he struck; gadayā — with his mace; vibhāvarīm — Vibhāvarī; āsedivān — reached; tāta — O dear Vidura; purīm — the capital; pracetasaḥ — of Varuṇa.
Translation
“Moving about in the ocean for many, many years, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa smote the gigantic wind-tossed waves again and again with his iron mace and reached Vibhāvarī, the capital of Varuṇa.”