SB 3.19.18

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 19: The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa

SB 3.19.17 - SB 3.19.19

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 18

pravavur vāyavaś caṇḍās

tamaḥ pāṁsavam airayan

digbhyo nipetur grāvāṇaḥ

kṣepaṇaiḥ prahitā iva

SYNONYMS

pravavuḥ — were blowing; vāyavaḥ — winds; caṇḍāḥ — fierce; tamaḥ — darkness; pāṁsavam — caused by dust; airayan — were spreading; digbhyaḥ — from every direction; nipetuḥ — came down; grāvāṇaḥ — stones; kṣepaṇaiḥ — by machine guns; prahitāḥ — thrown; iva — as if.

TRANSLATION

Fierce winds began to blow from all directions, spreading darkness occasioned by dust and hail storms; stones came in volleys from every corner, as if thrown by machine guns.

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