kvacid bhūmau kvacid vyomni
giri-mūrdhni jale kvacit
alāta-cakra-vad bhrāmyat
saubhaṁ tad duravasthitam

 kvacit - at one moment; bhūmau - on the earth; kvacit - at one moment; vyomni - in the sky; giri - of a mountain; mūrdhni - on the top; jale - in the water; kvacit - at one moment; alāta-cakra - a whirling firebrand; vat - like; bhrāmyat - wandering; saubham - Saubha; tat - that; duravasthitam - never remaining in one place.


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From one moment to the next the Saubha airship appeared on the earth, in the sky, on a mountain peak or in the water. Like a whirling, flaming baton, it never remained in any one place.

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