SB 11.3.11

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 3: Liberation from the Illusory Energy

SB 11.3.10 - SB 11.3.12

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 11

saṁvartako megha-gaṇo

varṣati sma śataṁ samāḥ

dhārābhir hasti-hastābhir

līyate salile virāṭ

SYNONYMS

saṁvartakaḥ — of annihilation; megha-gaṇaḥ — hoards of clouds; varṣati — will rain; sma — indeed; śatam samāḥ — for one hundred years; dhārābhiḥ — with torrents; hasti-hastābhiḥ — (raindrops measuring the length of) elephant trunks; līyate — will merge; salile — in the water; virāṭ — the entire universe.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Hoards of clouds called Saṁvartaka pour torrents of rain for one hundred years. Flooding down in raindrops as long as the trunk of an elephant, the deadly rainfall submerges the entire universe in water.

SB 11.3.10 - SB 11.3.12