Canto 11, Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Verse 9 (SB 11.3.9)
SB 11.3.9 • मूल श्लोक

शतवर्षा ह्यनावृष्टिर्भविष्यत्युल्बणा भुवि । तत्कालोपचितोष्णार्को लोकांस्त्रीन्प्रतपिष्यति ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

śata-varṣā hy anāvṛṣṭir bhaviṣyaty ulbaṇā bhuvi tat-kālopacitoṣṇārko lokāṁs trīn pratapiṣyati

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

śata-varṣā — lasting one hundred years; hi — indeed; anāvṛṣṭiḥ — drought; bhaviṣyati — there will be; ulbaṇā — terrible; bhuvi — on the earth; tat-kāla — in that duration of time; upacita — accumulated; uṣṇa — whose heat; arkaḥ — the sun; lokān — the worlds; trīn — three; pratapiṣyati — will greatly burn.

Translation

“As cosmic annihilation approaches, a terrible drought takes place on earth for one hundred years. For one hundred years the heat of the sun gradually increases, and its blazing heat begins to torment the three worlds.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda