यदैकपादेन स पार्थिवार्भक स्तस्थौ तदङ्गुष्ठनिपीडिता मही । ननाम तत्रार्धमिभेन्द्रधिष्ठिता तरीव सव्येतरत: पदे पदे ॥ ७९ ॥
yadaika-padena sa parthivarbhakas tasthau tad-angustha-nipidita mahi nanama tatrardham ibhendra-dhisthita tariva savyetaratah pade pade
- yada
- when
- eka
- with one
- padena
- leg
- sah
- Dhruva Maharaja
- parthiva
- the King’s
- arbhakah
- child
- tasthau
- remained standing
- tat-angustha
- his big toe
- nipidita
- being pressed
- mahi
- the earth
- nanama
- bent down
- tatra
- then
- ardham
- half
- ibha-indra
- the king of elephants
- dhisthita
- being situated
- tari iva
- like a boat
- savya-itaratah
- right and left
- pade pade
- in every step.
As Dhruva Maharaja, the King’s son, kept himself steadily standing on one leg, the pressure of his big toe pushed down half the earth, just as an elephant being carried on a boat rocks the boat left and right with his every step.