Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.4.8

sāmudraḿ daihikaḿ bhaumaḿ

rasaḿ sāḿvartako raviḥ

raśmibhiḥ pibate ghoraiḥ

sarvaḿ naiva vimuñcati

SYNONYMS

sāmudram — of the ocean; daihikam — of living bodies; bhaumam — of the earth; rasam — the juice; sāḿvartakaḥ — annihilating; raviḥ — the sun; raśmibhiḥ — with its rays; pibate — drinks up; ghoraiḥ — which are terrible; sarvam — all; na — nothing; eva — even; vimuñcati — gives.

TRANSLATION

The sun in its annihilating form will drink up with its terrible rays all the water of the ocean, of living bodies and of the earth itself. But the devastating sun will not give any rain in return.

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