antar bahiÅ› cÄdbhir ati-dyubhiḥ kharaiḥ
Å›atahradÄbhir upatÄpitaá¹ jagat
catur-vidhaá¹ vÄ«ká¹£ya sahÄtmanÄ munir
jalÄplutÄá¹ ká¹£mÄá¹ vimanÄḥ samatrasat
antaḥ - internally; bahiḥ - externally; ca - and; adbhiḥ - by the water; ati-dyubhiḥ - rising higher than the sky; kharaiḥ - by the fierce (winds); Å›ata-hradÄbhiḥ - by lightning bolts; upatÄpitam - greatly distressed; jagat - all the inhabitants of the universe; catuḥ-vidham - of four varieties (those who have taken birth from embryos, from eggs, from seeds and from perspiration); vÄ«ká¹£ya - seeing; saha - along with; ÄtmanÄ - himself; muniḥ - the sage; jala - by the water; ÄplutÄm - flooded; ká¹£mÄm - the earth; vimanÄḥ - perplexed; samatrasat - he became fearful.
The sage saw all the inhabitants of the universe, including himself, tormented within and without by the harsh winds, the bolts of lightning, and the great waves rising beyond the sky. As the whole earth flooded, he grew perplexed and fearful.
Here the word catur-vidham refers to the four sources of birth for conditioned souls: embryos, eggs, seeds and perspiration.
