Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 17: Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.17.8

muhuḥ paridhayo 'bhūvan

sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ

nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā

vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire

SYNONYMS

muhuḥ — again and again; paridhayaḥ — misty halos; abhūvan — appeared; sa-rāhvoḥ — during eclipses; śaśi — of the moon; sūryayoḥ — of the sun; nirghātāḥ — claps of thunder; ratha-nirhrādāḥ — sounds like those of rattling chariots; vivarebhyaḥ — from the mountain caves; prajajñire — were produced.

TRANSLATION

Misty halos appeared around the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses again and again. Claps of thunder were heard even without clouds, and sounds like those of rattling chariots emerged from the mountain caves.

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