Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 9 Verse 14

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.9.14

tasyaivam udvīkṣata ūrmi-bhīṣaṇaḥ

prabhañjanāghūrṇita-vār mahārṇavaḥ

āpūryamāṇo varaṣadbhir ambudaiḥ

kṣmām apyadhād dvīpa-varṣādribhiḥ samam

SYNONYMS

tasya — while he; evam — in this way; udvīkṣataḥ — was looking on; ūrmi — with its waves; bhīṣaṇaḥ — frightening; prabhañjana — by hurricane winds; āghūrṇita — swirled around; vāḥ — its water; mahā-arṇavaḥ — the great ocean; āpūryamānaḥ — becoming filled; varaṣadbhiḥ — with rain; ambu-daiḥ — by the clouds; kṣmām — the earth; apyadhāt — covered over; dvīpa — with its islands; varṣa — continents; adribhiḥ — and mountains; samam — together.

TRANSLATION

Even as Mārkaṇḍeya looked on, the rain pouring down from the clouds filled the ocean more and more until that great sea, its waters violently whipped into terrifying waves by hurricanes, covered up all the earth's islands, mountains and continents.

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