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Library » Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) » Canto 1: Creation » CHAPTER FOURTEEN

ŚB 1.14.16

Devanagari

वायुर्वाति खरस्पर्शो रजसा विसृजंस्तम: ।
असृग् वर्षन्ति जलदा बीभत्समिव सर्वत: ॥ १६ ॥

Text

vāyur vāti khara-sparśo
rajasā visṛjaṁs tamaḥ
asṛg varṣanti jaladā
bībhatsam iva sarvataḥ

Synonyms

vāyuḥ — wind; vāti — blowing; khara-sparśaḥ — sharply; rajasā — by the dust; visṛjan — creating; tamaḥ — darkness; asṛk — blood; varṣanti — are raining; jaladāḥ — the clouds; bībhatsam — disastrous; iva — like; sarvataḥ — everywhere.

Translation

The wind blows violently, blasting dust everywhere and creating darkness. Clouds are raining everywhere with bloody disasters.