Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.25.9

vidyotamānā vidyudbhiḥ

stanantaḥ stanayitnubhiḥ

tīvrair marud-gaṇair nunnā

vavṛṣur jala-śarkarāḥ

SYNONYMS

vidyotamānāḥ — being illuminated; vidyudbhiḥ — by bolts of lightning; stanantaḥ — roaring; stanayitnubhiḥ — with thunder; tīvraiḥ — fearsome; marut-gaṇaiḥ — by the wind-gods; nunnāḥ — propelled; vavṛṣuḥ — they poured down; jala-śarkarāḥ — hailstones.

TRANSLATION

Propelled by the fearsome wind-gods, the clouds blazed with lightning bolts and roared with thunder as they hurled down hailstones.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the word marud-gaṇaiḥ indicates the seven great winds, such as Āvaha, who presides over the region of Bhuvarloka, and Pravaha, who holds the planets in their places.

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