प्रागुत्तरस्यां शाखायां तस्यापि ददृशे शिशुम् । शयानं पर्णपुटके ग्रसन्तं प्रभया तम: ॥ २१ ॥
prāg-uttarasyāṁ śākhāyāṁ tasyāpi dadṛśe śiśum śayānaṁ parṇa-puṭake grasantaṁ prabhayā tamaḥ
- prāk-uttarasyām
- toward the northeast
- śākhāyām
- upon a branch
- tasya
- of that tree
- api
- indeed
- dadṛśe
- he saw
- śiśum
- an infant boy
- śayānam
- lying
- parṇa-puṭake
- within the concavity of a leaf
- grasantam
- swallowing
- prabhayā
- with His effulgence
- tamaḥ
- the darkness
Upon a branch of the northeast portion of that tree he saw an infant boy lying within a leaf. The child’s effulgence was swallowing up the darkness.