स महात्मा मुहूर्तेन सर्वतः सलिलावृतः।।5.1.103।। दर्शयामास शृङ्गाणि सागरेण नियोजितः। आदित्योदयसङ्काशैरालिखद्भिरिवाम्बरम्। शातकुम्भमयैः शृङ्गैः सकिन्नरमहोरगैः।।5.1.104।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
सकिन्नरमहोरगैः with nagas and kinnaras, आदित्योदयसङ्काशैः resembling the rising Sun, सर्वतः all over, सलिलावृत: submerged by water, अम्बरम् sky, आलिखद्भि: as if scraping the sky, इव like that, शातकुम्भमयैः golden, शृङ्गैः with peak, सर्वतः all over, सलिलावृतः covered with water, सः महात्मा the great mountain, सागरेण the ocean's, नियोजितः ordered, मुहूर्तेन in a moment, शृङ्गाणि mountain peak, दर्शयामास was seen.
English Commentary
At the instance of Varuna, (the presiding deity of the ocean) the lofty mountain appeared, projecting its peaks, hitherto submerged in the water. The golden peaks inhabited by nagas and kinnaras resemmbled the rising Sun as though scraping the sky in a moment.