क्वचिन्मग्नो महावर्ते तरलैस्ताडित: क्वचित् । यादोभिर्भक्ष्यते क्वापि स्वयमन्योन्यघातिभि: ॥ १७ ॥ क्वचिच्छोकं क्वचिन्मोहं क्वचिद्दु:खं सुखं भयम् । क्वचिन्मृत्युमवाप्नोति व्याध्यादिभिरुतार्दित: ॥ १८ ॥
kracin magno mahāvarte taralais tāḍitaḥ kvacit yādobhir bhakṣyate kvāpi svayam anyonya-ghātibhiḥ kvacic chokaṁ kvacin mohaṁ kvacid duḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ bhayam kvacin mṛtyum avāpnoti vyādhy-ādibhir utārditaḥ
- kvacit
- sometimes
- magnaḥ
- drowning
- mahā-āvarte
- in a great whirlpool
- taralaiḥ
- by the waves
- tāḍitaḥ
- beaten
- kvacit
- sometimes
- yādobhiḥ
- by the aquatic monsters
- bhakṣyate
- he was threatened with being eaten
- kva api
- sometimes
- svayam
- himself
- anyonya
- each other
- ghātibhiḥ
- attacking
- kvacit
- sometimes
- śokam
- depression
- kvacit
- sometimes
- moham
- bewilderment
- kvacit
- sometimes
- duḥkham
- misery
- sukham
- happiness
- bhayam
- fear
- kvacit
- sometimes
- mṛtyum
- death
- avāpnoti
- he experienced
- vyādhi
- by disease
- ādibhiḥ
- and other pains
- uta
- also
- arditaḥ
- distressed
At times he was engulfed by the great whirlpools, sometimes he was beaten by the mighty waves, and at other times the aquatic monsters threatened to devour him as they attacked one another. Sometimes he felt lamentation, bewilderment, misery, happiness or fear, and at other times he experienced such terrible illness and pain that he felt himself dying.