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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 7]
muhūrtam abhavad goṣṭham rajasā tamasāvṛtam sutam yaśodā nāpaśyat tasmin nyastavatī yataḥ
muhūrtam—for a moment; abhavat—there was; goṣṭham—throughout the whole pasturing ground; rajasā—by big particles of dust; tamasā āvṛtam—covered with darkness; sutam—her son; yaśodā—mother Yaśodā; na apaśyat—could not find; tasmin—in that very spot; nyastavatī—she had placed Him; yataḥ—where.
TRANSLATION
For a moment, the whole pasturing ground was overcast with dense darkness from the dust storm, and mother Yaśodā was unable to find her son where she had placed Him.
TEXT 23
नापश्यत् कश्चनात्मानं परं चापि विमोहितः ।
तृणावर्तनिसृष्टाभिः शर्कराभिरुपद्रुतः ॥२३॥
nāpaśyat kaścanātmānam param cāpi vimohitaḥ tṛṇāvarta-niṣṛṣṭābhiḥ śarkarābhir upadrutaḥ
na—not; apaśyat—saw; kaścana—anyone; ātmānam—himself; param ca api—or another; vimohitaḥ—being illusioned; tṛṇāvarta-niṣṛṣṭābhiḥ—thrown by Tṛṇāvartāsura; śarkarābhiḥ—by the sands; upadrutaḥ—and thus being disturbed.
TRANSLATION
Because of the bits of sand thrown about by Tṛṇāvarta, people could not see themselves or anyone else, and thus they were illusioned and disturbed.