Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 25: Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.25.15

apartv aty-ulbaṇaḿ varṣam

ati-vātaḿ śilā-mayam

sva-yāge vihate 'smābhir

indro nāśāya varṣati

SYNONYMS

apa-ṛtu — out of season; ati-ulbaṇam — unusually fierce; varṣam — rain; ati-vātam — accompanied by great wind; śilā-mayam — full of hailstones; sva-yage — his sacrifice; vihate — having been stopped; asmābhiḥ — by Ourselves; indraḥ — King Indra; nāśāya — for destruction; varṣati — is raining.

TRANSLATION

[Śrī Kṛṣṇa said to Himself:] Because We have stopped his sacrifice, Indra has caused this unusually fierce, unseasonable rain, together with terrible winds and hail.

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