Canto 3, Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Verse 8 (SB 3.17.8)
SB 3.17.8 • मूल श्लोक

मुहु: परिधयोऽभूवन् सराह्वो: शशिसूर्ययो: । निर्घाता रथनिर्ह्रादा विवरेभ्य: प्रजज्ञिरे ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

muhuḥ paridhayo ’bhūvan sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

muhuḥ — again and again; paridhayaḥ — misty halos; abhūvan — appeared; sa-rāhvoḥ — during eclipses; śaśi — of the moon; sūryayoḥ — of the sun; nirghātāḥ — claps of thunder; ratha-nirhrādāḥ — sounds like those of rattling chariots; vivarebhyaḥ — from the mountain caves; prajajñire — were produced.

Translation

“Misty halos appeared around the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses again and again. Claps of thunder were heard even without clouds, and sounds like those of rattling chariots emerged from the mountain caves.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda