Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.80.38

vayaḿ bhṛśam tatra mahānilāmbubhir

nihanyamānā mahur ambu-samplave

diśo 'vidanto 'tha parasparaḿ vane

gṛhīta-hastāḥ paribabhrimāturāḥ

SYNONYMS

vayam — we; bhṛśam — thoroughly; tatra — there; mahā — great; anila — by the wind; ambubhiḥ — and water; nihanyamānāḥ — beset; muhuḥ — continuously; ambu-samplave — in the flooding; diśaḥ — the directions; avidantaḥ — unable to discern; atha — then; parasparam — each other's; vane — in the forest; gṛhīta — holding; hastāḥ — hands; paribabhrima — we wandered; āturāḥ — distressed.

TRANSLATION

Constantly besieged by the powerful wind and rain, we lost our way amidst the flooding waters. We simply held each other's hands and, in great distress, wandered aimlessly about the forest.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that the verb paribabhrima may be understood to be the prefix pari with either the verb bhṛ or bhram. In the case of bhram, it indicates that Kṛṣṇa and Sudāmā wandered all about, and in the case of bhṛ, which means "to carry," it indicates that as the two young boys wandered about, they continued to carry the firewood they had secured for their spiritual master.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
His Holiness Hrdayananda dasa Goswami
Gopiparanadhana dasa Adhikari
Dravida dasa Brahmacari