Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.9.11

taḿ caṇḍa-śabdaḿ samudīrayantaḿ

balāhakā anv abhavan karālāḥ

akṣa-sthaviṣṭhā mumucus taḍidbhiḥ

svananta uccair abhi varṣa-dhārāḥ

SYNONYMS

tam — that wind; caṇḍa-śabdama terrible sound; samudīrayantam — which was creating; balāhakāḥ — clouds; anu — following it; abhavan — appeared; karālāḥ — fearful; akṣa — like wagon wheels; sthaviṣṭhāḥ — solid; mumucuḥ — they released; taḍidbhiḥ — along with lightning; svanantaḥ — resounding; uccaiḥ — greatly; abhiin all directions; varṣa — of rain; dhārāḥ — torrents.

TRANSLATION

That wind created a terrible sound and brought in its wake fearsome clouds that were accompanied by lightning and roaring thunder and that poured down on all sides torrents of rain as heavy as wagon wheels.

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