Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 40: Lord Kapila Punishes Sagara’s Sons
Text 1.40.22
उत्तरस्यां रघुश्रेष्ठ ददृशुर्हिमपाण्डुरम्।
भद्रं भद्रेण वपुषा धारयन्तं महीमिमाम्॥
uttarasyāṁ raghu-śreṣṭha dadṛśur hima-pāṇḍuram
bhadraṁ bhadreṇa vapuṣā dhārayantaṁ mahīm imām
uttarasyām = in the northern region; raghu-śreṣṭha = O best of the Raghus; dadṛśuḥ = they saw; hima-pāṇḍuram = the whitish; bhadram = Bhadra; bhadreṇa vapuṣā = with its auspicious body; dhārayantam = holding up; mahīm imām = the earth.
O best of the Raghus, they saw the whitish Bhadra in the northern region, holding up the earth with its auspicious body.