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"name":"SB 3.17.6", "h1":"SB 3.17.6", "label":"Text 6", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.17.6", "description":"The luminaries in the heavens were screened by masses of clouds, in which lightning sometimes flashed as though laughing. Darkness reigned everywhere, and nothing could be seen."
} —
SB 3.17.6
उद्धसत्तडिदम्भोद घटया नष्टभागणे ।
व्योम्नि प्रविष्टतमसा न स्म व्यादृश्यते पदम् ॥६॥
Text
uddhasat-taḍid-ambhoda-
ghaṭayā naṣṭa-bhāgaṇe
vyomni praviṣṭa-tamasā
na sma vyādṛśyate padam
Synonyms
uddhasat—laughing loudly; taḍit—lightning; ambhoda—of clouds; ghaṭayā—by masses; naṣṭa—lost; bhā-gaṇe—the luminaries; vyomni—in the sky; praviṣṭa—enveloped; tamasā—by darkness; na—not; sma vyādṛśyate—could be seen; padam—any place.
Translation
The luminaries in the heavens were screened by masses of clouds, in which lightning sometimes flashed as though laughing. Darkness reigned everywhere, and nothing could be seen.