SB 12.4.8 • मूल श्लोक

सामुद्रं दैहिकं भौमं रसं सांवर्तको रवि: । रश्मिभि: पिबते घोरै: सर्वं नैव विमुञ्चति ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

sāmudraṁ daihikaṁ bhaumaṁ rasaṁ sāṁvartako raviḥ raśmibhiḥ pibate ghoraiḥ sarvaṁ naiva vimuñcati

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

sāmudram — of the ocean; daihikam — of living bodies; bhaumam — of the earth; rasam — the juice; sāṁvartakaḥ — annihilating; raviḥ — the sun; raśmibhiḥ — with its rays; pibate — drinks up; ghoraiḥ — which are terrible; sarvam — all; na — nothing; eva — even; vimuñcati — gives.

Translation

“The sun in its annihilating form will drink up with its terrible rays all the water of the ocean, of living bodies and of the earth itself. But the devastating sun will not give any rain in return.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda