Canonical Ref: BK 7.95
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
बभूव याऽधिशैलेन्द्रं मृदित्वेवेन्द्र-गोचरम् । कुषित्वा जगतां सारं सैका शङ्के कृता भुवि ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
—"which (originally) stood on the top of the mighty mountain (Sumeru), having pounded (surpassed) the kingdom (of heaven) under Indra. I presume that it is the only city constructed on the earth by extracting the essence of the world.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 7.95. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.