तावच्छिशोर्वै श्वसितेन भार्गव: सोऽन्त: शरीरं मशको यथाविशत् । तत्राप्यदो न्यस्तमचष्ट कृत्स्नशो यथा पुरामुह्यदतीव विस्मित: ॥ २७ ॥
tāvac chiśor vai śvasitena bhārgavaḥ so ’ntaḥ śarīraṁ maśako yathāviśat tatrāpy ado nyastam acaṣṭa kṛtsnaśo yathā purāmuhyad atīva vismitaḥ
- tāvat
- at that very moment
- śiśoḥ
- of the infant
- vai
- indeed
- śvasitena
- with the breathing
- bhārgavaḥ
- the descendant of Bhṛgu
- saḥ
- he
- antaḥ śarīram
- within the body
- maśakaḥ
- a mosquito
- yathā
- just like
- aviśat
- entered
- tatra
- therein
- api
- indeed
- adaḥ
- this universe
- nyastam
- placed
- acaṣṭa
- he saw
- kṛtsnaśaḥ
- entire
- yathā
- as
- purā
- previously
- amuhyat
- he became bewildered
- atīva
- extremely
- vismitaḥ
- surprised
Just then the child inhaled, drawing Mārkaṇḍeya within His body like a mosquito. There the sage found the entire universe arrayed as it had been before its dissolution. Seeing this, Mārkaṇḍeya was most astonished and perplexed.