Canto & Chapters
Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations (24 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Chapter 2030v
Chapter 20
Chapter 2130v
Chapter 21
Chapter 2230v
Chapter 22
Chapter 2330v
Chapter 23
Chapter 2430v
Chapter 24
Canto 8, Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Verse 12 (SB 8.11.12)
SB 8.11.12 • मूल श्लोक
प्राहरत् कुलिशं तस्मा अमोघं परमर्दन: । सयानो न्यपतद् भूमौ छिन्नपक्ष इवाचल: ॥ १२ ॥
Transliteration
prāharat kuliśaṁ tasmā amoghaṁ para-mardanaḥ sayāno nyapatad bhūmau chinna-pakṣa ivācalaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
prāharat — inflicted; kuliśam — thunderbolt scepter; tasmai — unto him (Bali Mahārāja); amogham — infallible; para-mardanaḥ — Indra, who is expert in defeating the enemy; sa-yānaḥ — with his airplane; nyapatat — fell down; bhūmau — on the ground; chinna-pakṣaḥ — whose wings have been taken away; iva — like; acalaḥ — a mountain.
Translation
“When Indra, the defeater of enemies, released his infallible thunderbolt scepter at Bali Mahārāja with a desire to kill him, Bali Mahārāja indeed fell to the ground with his airplane, like a mountain with its wings cut off.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaIn many descriptions in Vedic literature it is found that mountains also fly in the sky with wings. When such mountains are dead, they fall to the ground, where they stay as very large dead bodies.