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यस्मादत्र समग्रास्ताः पतन्ति जलमूर्तयः । तस्मात्पातालमित्येतत्ख्यायते पुरमुत्तमम्॥५-९७-६॥
Because here the complete water-forms descend and fall, therefore this excellent city is known as Pātāla.
english translation
ऐरावतोऽस्मात्सलिलं गृहीत्वा जगतो हितः । मेघेष्वामुञ्चते शीतं यन्महेन्द्रः प्रवर्षति॥५-९७-७॥
Drawing water from here, Airāvata—working for the welfare of the world—releases it into the clouds as cool rain, which Mahendra (Indra) then causes to fall.
english translation
अत्र नानाविधाकारास्तिमयो नैकरूपिणः । अप्सु सोमप्रभां पीत्वा वसन्ति जलचारिणः॥५-९७-८॥
Here, in these waters, dwell aquatic beings—timis of many forms—having imbibed the moon’s radiance.
english translation
अत्र सूर्यांशुभिर्भिन्नाः पातालतलमाश्रिताः । मृता दिवसतः सूत पुनर्जीवन्ति ते निशि॥५-९७-९॥
Here, struck by the sun’s rays, they take refuge in the subterranean levels of Pātāla; though lifeless by day, O charioteer, they revive again at night.
english translation
उदये नित्यशश्चात्र चन्द्रमा रश्मिभिर्वृतः । अमृतं स्पृश्य संस्पर्शात्संजीवयति देहिनः॥५-९७-१०॥
Here, at its rising, the Moon—ever surrounded by its rays—touches ambrosial essence (amṛta), and by that contact restores embodied beings to vitality.
english translation