SanskritIASTMeaning
पृथिव्यां ये तपःसिद्धाः दान्ताः शमपरायणाःpṛthivyāṃ ye tapaḥsiddhāḥ dāntāḥ śamaparāyaṇāḥthose on earth who had attained perfection in tapas, self-restrained, devoted to peace,
तयोः भयात् दुद्रुवुः ते वैनतेयात् इव उरगाःtayoḥ bhayāt dudruvuḥ te vainateyāt iva uragāḥfled in fear of those two, as serpents flee from the son of Vinatā [Garuḍa];
मथितैः आश्रमैः भग्नैः विकीर्णकलशस्रुवैःmathitaiḥ āśramaiḥ bhagnaiḥ vikīrṇakalaśasruvaiḥwith hermitages ravaged and destroyed, their vessels and ladles scattered about,
शून्यम् आसीत् जगत् सर्वं कालेन इव हतं यथाśūnyam āsīt jagat sarvaṃ kālena iva hataṃ yathāthe whole world became empty, as though struck down by Time itself;
तपःसिद्धाtapaḥsiddhāoriginal form "tapaḥsiddhā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तयोर्tayororiginal form "tayor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भयाद्bhayādoriginal form "bhayād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुद्रुवुस्dudruvusoriginal form "dudruvus", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैनतेयाद्vainateyādoriginal form "vainateyād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवोरगाःivoragāḥoriginal form "ivoragāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मथितैर्mathitairoriginal form "mathitair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आश्रमैर्āśramairoriginal form "āśramair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भग्नैर्bhagnairoriginal form "bhagnair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसीज्āsījoriginal form "āsīj", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कालेनेवkālenevaoriginal form "kāleneva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the world grows empty, deprived of its ascetics and hermitages. The comparison to devastation "by Time itself" is telling: when the saints are driven out, the earth becomes as after a universal destruction. Here it is shown that the presence of the righteous is the life of the world, and their banishment its desolation. Thus the scripture shows the desolation of the earth; and the flight of the ascetics signals the end of the sacred order.