Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 6 Verse 12

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.6.12

tasyāḥ svanenātigabhīra-raḿhasā

sādrir mahī dyauś ca cacāla sa-grahā

rasā diśaś ca pratinedire janāḥ

petuḥ kṣitau vajra-nipāta-śańkayā

SYNONYMS

tasyāḥ — of the great Rākṣasī Pūtanā; svanena — by the vibration of the sound; ati — very; gabhīra — deep; raḿhasā — forceful; sa-adriḥ — with the mountains; mahī — the surface of the world; dyauḥ ca — and outer space; cacāla — trembled; sa-grahā — with the stars; rasā — below the planet earth; diśaḥ ca — and all directions; pratinedire — vibrated; janāḥ — people in general; petuḥ — fell down; kṣitau — on the surface of the world; vajra-nipāta-śańkayā — by suspecting that thunderbolts were falling.

TRANSLATION

As Pūtanā screamed loudly and forcefully, the earth with its mountains, and outer space with its planets, trembled. The lower planets and all directions vibrated, and people fell down, fearing that thunderbolts were falling upon them.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that in this verse the word rasā refers to the planetary systems below the earth, such as Rasātala, Atala, Vitala, Sutala and Talātala.

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