Canto 1, Chapter 14

The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Verse 18 (SB 1.14.18)
SB 1.14.18 • मूल श्लोक

नद्यो नदाश्च क्षुभिता: सरांसि च मनांसि च । न ज्वलत्यग्निराज्येन कालोऽयं किं विधास्यति ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

nadyo nadāś ca kṣubhitāḥ sarāṁsi ca manāṁsi ca na jvalaty agnir ājyena kālo ’yaṁ kiṁ vidhāsyati

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

nadyaḥ — rivers; nadāḥ ca — and the tributaries; kṣubhitāḥ — all perturbed; sarāṁsi — reservoirs of water; ca — and; manāṁsi — the mind; ca — also; na — does not; jvalati — ignite; agniḥ — fire; ājyena — with the help of butter; kālaḥ — the time; ayam — extraordinary it is; kim — what; vidhāsyati — going to happen.

Translation

“Rivers, tributaries, ponds, reservoirs and the mind are all perturbed. Butter no longer ignites fire. What is this extraordinary time? What is going to happen?”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda