कश्चिन्मत्स्योऽग्रसील्लोहं चूर्णानि तरलैस्तत: । उह्यमानानि वेलायां लग्नान्यासन् किलैरका: ॥ २२ ॥
kaścin matsyo ’grasīl lohaṁ cūrṇāni taralais tataḥ uhyamānāni velāyāṁ lagnāny āsan kilairakāḥ
- kaścit
- a certain
- matsyaḥ
- fish
- agrasīt
- swallowed
- loham
- the iron
- cūrṇāni
- the bits of powder
- taralaiḥ
- by the waves
- tataḥ
- from that place
- uhyamānāni
- being carried
- velāyām
- on the shore
- lagnāni
- becoming stuck
- āsan
- they became
- kila
- indeed
- erakāḥ
- a particular species of grass with long, sharp-edged blades
A certain fish swallowed the iron lump, and the bits of iron, carried back to the shore by the waves, implanted themselves there and grew into tall, sharp canes.