Canto 3, Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Verse 35 (SB 3.5.35)
SB 3.5.35 • मूल श्लोक

अनिलेनान्वितं ज्योतिर्विकुर्वत्परवीक्षितम् । आधत्ताम्भो रसमयं कालमायांशयोगत: ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

anilenānvitaṁ jyotir vikurvat paravīkṣitam ādhattāmbho rasa-mayaṁ kāla-māyāṁśa-yogataḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

anilena — by the air; anvitam — interacted; jyotiḥ — electricity; vikurvat — being transformed; paravīkṣitam — being glanced over by the Supreme; ādhatta — created; ambhaḥ rasa-mayam — water with taste; kāla — of eternal time; māyā-aṁśa — and external energy; yogataḥ — by a mixture.

Translation

“When electricity was surcharged in the air and was glanced over by the Supreme, at that time, by a mixture of eternal time and external energy, there occurred the creation of water and taste.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda