### SB 3.17.4

> सहाचला भुवश्चेलुर्दिशः सर्वाः प्रजज्वलुः ।\
> सोल्काश्चाशनयः पेतुः केतवश्चार्तिहेतवः ॥४॥

> sahācalā bhuvaś celur\
> diśaḥ sarvāḥ prajajvaluḥ\
> solkāś cāśanayaḥ petuḥ\
> ketavaś cārti-hetavaḥ

*saha*—along with; *acalāḥ*—the mountains; *bhuvaḥ*—of the earth; *celuḥ*—shook; *diśaḥ*—directions; *sarvāḥ*—all; *prajajvaluḥ*—blazed like fire; *sa*—with; *ulkāḥ*—meteors; *ca*—and; *aśanayaḥ*—thunderbolts; *petuḥ*—fell; *ketavaḥ*—comets; *ca*—and; *ārti-hetavaḥ*—the cause of all inauspiciousness.

**There were earthquakes along the mountains on the earth, and it appeared that there was fire everywhere. Many inauspicious planets like Saturn appeared, along with comets, meteors and thunderbolts.**

When natural disturbances occur on a planet, one should understand that a demon must have taken birth there. In the present age the number of demoniac people is increasing; therefore natural disturbances are also increasing. There is no doubt about this, as we can understand from the statements of the *Bhāgavatam.*