Verse 22·VR 1.43.22

पाण्डुरैः सलिलोत्पीडैः कीर्यमाणैः सहस्रधा ||१-४३-२२ शारदाभ्रैरिवाकीर्णं गगनं हंससंप्लवैः |

kvacit drutataram yaati kuTilam kvacit aayatam ||1-43-23 vinatam kvacit uddhuutam kvacit yaati shanaiH shanaiH |

Translation

Spattered innumerably with the whitish froth from the splashes of Ganga, and stippled with the flights of swans, the sky is as though overspread with silver-clouds of autumn. [1-43-22b, 23a]

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b, 23a. sahasradhaa kiiryamaaNaiH

bespattered in thousands of ways \t\t\t- innumerably

paaNDuraiH

whitish

salilotpiiDaiH

water's \t\t\tupward pressure - born out of = with froth

gaganam

sky

hamsasaMplavaiH

with flights of swans

shaaradaabhraiH

with autumnal silver-clouds

aakiirNam \t\t\tiva

as if - the sky is overspread.

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43

River Ganga's descent onto earth

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