Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.7.22

muhūrtam abhavad goṣṭhaḿ

rajasā tamasāvṛtam

sutaḿ yaśodā nāpaśyat

tasmin nyastavatī yataḥ

SYNONYMS

muhūrtam — for a moment; abhavat — there was; goṣṭham — throughout the whole pasturing ground; rajasā — by big particles of dust; tamasā āvṛtam — covered with darkness; sutam — her son; yaśodā — mother Yaśodā; na apaśyat — could not find; tasminin that very spot; nyastavatī — she had placed Him; yataḥ — where.

TRANSLATION

For a moment, the whole pasturing ground was overcast with dense darkness from the dust storm, and mother Yaśodā was unable to find her son where she had placed Him.

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