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Library » Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) » Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations » CHAPTER ELEVEN

ŚB 8.11.39

Devanagari

तां दैवीं गिरमाकर्ण्य मघवान्सुसमाहित: ।
ध्यायन् फेनमथापश्यदुपायमुभयात्मकम् ॥ ३९ ॥

Text

tāṁ daivīṁ giram ākarṇya
maghavān susamāhitaḥ
dhyāyan phenam athāpaśyad
upāyam ubhayātmakam

Synonyms

tām — that; daivīm — ominous; giram — voice; ākarṇya — after hearing; maghavān — Lord Indra; su-samāhitaḥ — becoming very careful; dhyāyan — meditating; phenam — appearance of foam; atha — thereafter; apaśyat — he saw; upāyam — the means; ubhaya-ātmakam — simultaneously dry and moist.

Translation

After hearing the ominous voice, Indra, with great attention, began to meditate on how to kill the demon. He then saw that foam would be the means, for it is neither moist nor dry.