Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 42 Verses 28-31

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 42: The Breaking of the Sacrificial Bow

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.42.28-31

adarśanaḿ sva-śirasaḥ

pratirūpe ca saty api

asaty api dvitīye ca

dvai-rūpyaḿ jyotiṣāḿ tathā

chidra-pratītiś chāyāyāḿ

prāṇa-ghoṣānupaśrutiḥ

svarṇa-pratītir vṛkṣeṣu

sva-padānām adarśanam

svapne preta-pariṣvańgaḥ

khara-yānaḿ viṣādanam

yāyān nalada-māly ekas

tailābhyakto dig-ambaraḥ

anyāni cetthaḿ-bhūtāni

svapna-jāgaritāni ca

paśyan maraṇa-santrasto

nidrāḿ lebhe na cintayā

SYNONYMS

adarśanam — the invisibility; sva — of his own; śirasaḥ — head; pratirūpe — his reflection; ca — and; sati — being present; api — even; asati — there not being; api — even; dvitīye — a cause for duplication; ca — and; dvai-rūpyam — double image; jyotiṣām — of the heavenly bodies; tathā — also; chidra — of a hole; pratītiḥ — the seeing; chāyāyām — in his shadow; prāṇa — of his life air; ghoṣa — of the reverberation; anupaśrutiḥ — the failure to hear; svarṇa — of a golden color; pratītiḥ — the perception; vṛkṣeṣu — on trees; sva — his own; padānām — footprints; adarśanam — not seeing; svapne — while asleep; preta — by ghostly spirits; pariṣvańgaḥ — being embraced; khara — upon a donkey; yānam — traveling; viṣa — poison; adanam — swallowing; yāyāt — was going about; nalada — of spikenards, rose-purple flowers native to India; mālī — wearing a garland; ekaḥ — someone; taila — with oil; abhyaktaḥ — smeared; dik-ambaraḥ — naked; anyāni — other (omens); ca — and; ittham-bhūtāni — like these; svapna — while asleep; jāgaritāni — while awake; ca — also; paśyan — seeing; maraṇa — of death; santrastaḥ — terrified; nidrām — sleep; lebhe — he could achieve; na — not; cintayā — because of his anxiety.

TRANSLATION

When he looked at his reflection he could not see his head; for no reason the moon and stars appeared double; he saw a hole in his shadow; he could not hear the sound of his life air; trees seemed covered with a golden hue; and he could not see his footprints. He dreamt that he was being embraced by ghosts, riding a donkey and drinking poison, and also that a naked man smeared with oil was passing by wearing a garland of nalada flowers. Seeing these and other such omens both while dreaming and while awake, Kaḿsa was terrified by the prospect of death, and out of anxiety he could not sleep.

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