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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 17]
muhuḥ paridhayo 'bhūvan sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire
muhuḥ—again and again; paridhayaḥ—misty halos; abhūvan—appeared; sa-rāhvoḥ—during eclipses; śaśi—of the moon; sūryayoḥ—of the sun; nirghātāḥ—claps of thunder; ratha-nirhrādāḥ—sounds like those of rattling chariots; vivarebhyaḥ—from the mountain caves; prajajñire—were produced.
TRANSLATION
Misty halos appeared around the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses again and again. Claps of thunder were heard even without clouds, and sounds like that of rattling chariots emerged from the mountain caves.
TEXT 9
अन्तर्ग्रामेषु मुखतो वमन्त्यो वहिमुत्त्वणम् । सृगालोदकटङ्कारैः प्रणेदुरशिवं शिवाः ॥ ९ ॥
antar grāmeṣu mukhato vamantyo vahnim ulbaṇam sṛgālolūka-ṭaṅkāraiḥ praṇedur aśivaṁ śivāḥ
antar—in the interior; grāmeṣu—in the villages; mukhataḥ—from their mouths; vamantyaḥ—vomiting; vahnim—fire; ulbaṇam—fearful; sṛgāla—jackals; ulūka—owls; ṭaṅkāraiḥ—with their cries; praṇeduḥ—created their respective vibrations; aśivam—portentously; śivāḥ—the she-jackals.
TRANSLATION
In the interior of the villages she-jackals yelled portentously, vomiting strong fire from their mouths, and jackals and owls also joined them with their cries.
TEXT 10
सङ्गीतवद्रोदनवदुभमय्य शिरोधराम् । व्यमुञ्चन् विविधा वाचो ग्रामसिंहास्ततस्ततः ॥१०॥