अथ निर्याय सलिलात्प्रचेतस उदन्वत: । वीक्ष्याकुप्यन्द्रुमैश्छन्नां गां गां रोद्धुमिवोच्छ्रितै: ॥ ४४ ॥
atha niryaya salilat pracetasa udanvatah viksyakupyan drumais channam gam gam roddhum ivocchritaih
- atha
- thereafter
- niryaya
- after coming out
- salilat
- from the water
- pracetasah
- all the Pracetas
- udanvatah
- of the sea
- viksya
- having observed
- akupyan
- became very angry
- drumaih
- by trees
- channam
- covered
- gam
- the world
- gam
- the heavenly planes
- roddhum
- to obstruct
- iva
- as if
- ucchritaih
- very tall.
Thereafter all the Pracetas emerged from the waters of the sea. They then saw that all the trees on land had grown very tall, as if to obstruct the path to the heavenly planes. These trees had covered the entire surface of the world. At this time the Pracetas became very angry.