तप:कृशा देवमीढा आसीद् वर्षीयसी मही । यथैव काम्यतपसस्तनु: सम्प्राप्य तत्फलम् ॥ ७ ॥
tapaḥ-kṛśā deva-mīḍhā āsīd varṣīyasī mahī yathaiva kāmya-tapasas tanuḥ samprāpya tat-phalam
- tapaḥ-kṛśā
- emaciated by the summer heat
- deva-mīḍhā
- mercifully sprinkled by the god of rain
- āsīt
- became
- varṣīyasī
- fully nourished
- mahī
- the earth
- yathā eva
- just as
- kāmya
- based on sense gratification
- tapasaḥ
- of one whose austerities
- tanuḥ
- the body
- samprāpya
- after obtaining
- tat
- of those austere practices
- phalam
- the fruit
The earth had been emaciated by the summer heat, but she became fully nourished again when moistened by the god of rain. Thus the earth was like a person whose body has been emaciated by austerities undergone for a material purpose, but who again becomes fully nourished when he achieves the fruit of those austerities.