Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.16.12

atha vraje mahotpātās

tri-vidhā hy ati-dāruṇāḥ

utpetur bhuvi divy ātmany

āsanna-bhaya-śaḿsinaḥ

SYNONYMS

atha — then; vraje — in Vṛndāvana; mahā-utpātāḥ — very ominous disturbances; tri-vidhāḥ — of the three varieties; hi — indeed; ati-dāruṇāḥ — most fearsome; utpetuḥ — arose; bhuvi — upon the earth; divi — in the sky; ātmani — in the bodies of living creatures; āsanna — imminent; bhaya — danger; saḿśinaḥ — announcing.

TRANSLATION

In the Vṛndāvana area there then arose all three types of fearful omens — those on the earth, those in the sky and those in the bodies of living creatures — which announced imminent danger.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the omens were as follows: on the earth there were disturbing tremors, in the sky there were meteors falling, and in the bodies of creatures there was shivering, as well as quivering of the left eye and other parts of the body. These omens announce imminent danger.

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