न ददर्श प्रतिच्छन्नं वल्मीकतृणकीचकै: । पिपीलिकाभिराचीर्णं मेदस्त्वङ्मांसशोणितम् ॥ १५ ॥ तपन्तं तपसा लोकान् यथाभ्रापिहितं रविम् । विलक्ष्य विस्मित: प्राह हसंस्तं हंसवाहन: ॥ १६ ॥
na dadarsa praticchannam valmika-trna-kicakaih pipilikabhir acirnam medas-tvan-mamsa-sonitam tapantam tapasa lokan yathabhrapihitam ravim vilaksya vismitah praha hasams tam hamsa-vahanah
- na
- not
- dadarsa
- saw
- praticchannam
- covered
- valmika
- by an anthill
- trna
- grass
- kicakaih
- and bamboo sticks
- pipilikabhih
- by the ants
- acirnam
- eaten all around
- medah
- whose fat
- tvak
- skin
- mamsa
- the flesh
- sonitam
- and blood
- tapantam
- heating
- tapasa
- by a severe type of penance
- lokan
- all the three worlds
- yatha
- just as
- abhra
- by clouds
- apihitam
- covered
- ravim
- the sun
- vilaksya
- seeing
- vismitah
- struck with wonder
- praha
- said
- hasan
- smiling
- tam
- to him
- hamsa-vahanah
- Lord Brahma, who rides a swan airplane
Lord Brahma, who is carried by a swan airplane, at first could not see where Hiranyakasipu was, for Hiranyakasipu’s body was covered by an anthill and by grass and bamboo sticks. Because Hiranyakasipu had been there for a long time, the ants had devoured his skin, fat, flesh and blood. Then Lord Brahma and the demigods spotted him, resembling a cloud-covered sun, heating all the world by his austerity. Struck with wonder, Lord Brahma began to smile and then addressed him as follows.