Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 9 Verses 17-18

Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.9.17-18

kracin magno mahāvarte

taralais tāḍitaḥ kvacit

yādobhir bhakṣyate kvāpi

svayam anyonya-ghātibhiḥ

kvacic chokaḿ kvacin mohaḿ

kvacid duḥkhaḿ sukhaḿ bhayam

kvacin mṛtyum avāpnoti

vyādhy-ādibhir utārditaḥ

SYNONYMS

kvacit — sometimes; magnaḥ — drowning; mahā-āvarte — in a great whirlpool; taralaiḥ — by the waves; tāḍitaḥ — beaten; kvacit — sometimes; yādobhiḥ — by the aquatic monsters; bhakṣyate — he was threatened with being eaten; kva api — sometimes; svayam — himself; anyonya — each other; ghātibhiḥ — attacking; kvacit — sometimes; śokam — depression; kvacit — sometimes; moham — bewilderment; kvacit — sometimes; duḥkham — misery; sukham — happiness; bhayam — fear; kvacit — sometimes; mṛtyum — death; avāpnoti — he experienced; vyādhi — by disease; ādibhiḥ — and other pains; uta — also; arditaḥ — distressed.

TRANSLATION

At times he was engulfed by the great whirlpools, sometimes he was beaten by the mighty waves, and at other times the aquatic monsters threatened to devour him as they attacked one another. Sometimes he felt lamentation, bewilderment, misery, happiness or fear, and at other times he experienced such terrible illness and pain that he felt himself dying.

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