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Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
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SYNONYMS
bhaye —out of fear;  kampa —shivering;  haila —there was;  mora —my;  netre —in the eyes;  vahe —flow;  jala —tears;  gadgada —faltering;  vāṇī —voice;  roma —body hair;  uṭhila —stood up;  sakala —all.
TRANSLATION
“I shivered in fear and shed tears. My voice faltered, and all the hairs on my body stood up.
TEXT 51
কিবা ব্রহ্মদৈত্য, কিবা ভূত, কহনে না যায়। দর্শনমাত্রে মনুষ্যের পৈশে সেই কায় ॥ ৫১ ॥
kibā brahma-daitya, kibā bhūta, kahane nā yāya darśana-mātre manuṣyera paiśe sei kāya
SYNONYMS
kibā —whether;  brahma-daitya —a  brāhmaṇa  ghost;  kibā —or;  bhūta —an ordinary ghost;  kahane nā yāya —I cannot say;  darśana-mātre —as soon as one sees;  manuṣyera —of a man;  paiśe —enters;  sei kāya —that body.
TRANSLATION
“I do not know whether it was the ghost of a dead  brāhmaṇa  or an ordinary man, but as soon as one looks upon it, it enters his body.
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শরীর দীঘল তার - হাত পাঁচ-সাত। একেক-হস্ত-পদ তার, তিন তিন হাত ॥ ৫২ ॥
śarīra dīghala tāra — hāta pāṅca-sāta   ekeka-hasta-pada tāra, tina tina hāta
SYNONYMS
śarīra —body;  dīghala —long;  tāra —his;  hāta —cubits (one cubit approximately equals a foot and a half);  pāṅca-sāta —five to seven;  ekeka —each and every;  hasta-pada —arm and leg;  tāra —of that;  tina —three;  tina —three;  hāta —cubits.
TRANSLATION
“The body of this ghost is very long, five to seven cubits. Each of its arms and legs is as much as three cubits long.