तस्मिन्नलुप्तमहिमा प्रिययानुरक्तो विद्याधरीभिरुपचीर्णवपुर्विमाने । बभ्राज उत्कचकुमुद्गणवानपीच्य- स्ताराभिरावृत इवोडुपतिर्नभ:स्थ: ॥ ३८ ॥
tasminn alupta-mahima priyayanurakto vidyadharibhir upacirna-vapur vimane babhraja utkaca-kumud-ganavan apicyas tarabhir avrta ivodu-patir nabhah-sthah
- tasmin
- in that
- alupta
- not lost
- mahima
- glory
- priyaya
- with his beloved consort
- anuraktah
- attached
- vidyadharibhih
- by the Gandharva girls
- upacirna
- waited upon
- vapuh
- his person
- vimane
- on the airplane
- babhraja
- he shone
- utkaca
- open
- kumut-ganavan
- the moon, which is followed by rows of lilies
- apicyah
- very charming
- tarabhih
- by stars
- avrtah
- surrounded
- iva
- as
- udu-patih
- the moon (the chief of the stars)
- nabhah-sthah
- in the sky
Though seemingly attached to his beloved consort while served by the Gandharva girls, the sage did not lose his glory, which was mastery over his self. In the aerial mansion Kardama Muni with his consort shone as charmingly as the moon in the midst of the stars in the sky, which causes rows of lilies to open in ponds at night.