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The Vision of Śiva1.33

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बिभ्रद्बिभर्ति रूपाणि तावता व्यवहारतः । यावत्स्थूलं जडाभासं संहतं पार्थिवं घनम् ॥३३॥
bibhradbibharti rūpāṇi tāvatā vyavahārataḥ | yāvatsthūlaṃ jaḍābhāsaṃ saṃhataṃ pārthivaṃ ghanam
— bearing ; — he bears ; — forms ; — to that extent ; — by way of everyday transaction ; — down to ; — the gross ; — appearing as insentient ; — compacted ; — earthen ; — dense

Bearing form upon form he bears them, to that very extent, by way of everyday transaction — down to the gross, which appears insentient: compacted, earthen, and dense.