154
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 5]
TRANSLATION
Many other soldiers of Lord Śiva followed the fierce personality in a tumultuous uproar. He carried a great trident, fearful enough to kill even death, and on his legs he wore bangles which seemed to roar.
TEXT 7
अवर्तिजो यजमानः सदस्याः  
 कर्कुम्युदीन्यां प्रसमीक्ष्य रेणुम् ।  
 तमः किमेतत्कृत एतद्रजोऽमू-  
 दिति द्विजा द्विजपत्न्यश्च दन्त्युः ॥ ७ ॥
athartvijo yajamānaḥ sadasyāḥ 
    kakubhy udīcyām prasamīkṣya reṇum 
    tamaḥ kim etat kuta etad rajo'bhūd 
    iti dvijā dvija-patnyaś ca dadhyuḥ
atha—at that time; rtvijaḥ—the priests; yajamānaḥ—the chief person performing the sacrifice (Dakṣa); sadasyāḥ—all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena; kakubhi udīcyām—in the northern direction; prasamīkṣya—seeing; reṇum—the dust storm; tamaḥ—darkness; kim—what; etat—this; kutaḥ—from where; etat—this; rajaḥ—dust; abhūt—has come; iti—thus; dvijāḥ—the brāhmaṇas; dvija-patnyaḥ—the wives of the brāhmaṇas; ca—and; dadhyuḥ—began to speculate.
TRANSLATION
At that time, all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena—the priests, the chief of the sacrificial performance, and the brāhmaṇas and their wives—wondered where the darkness was coming from. Later they could understand that it was a dust storm, and all of them were full of anxiety.
TEXT 8
वाता न वान्ति न हि सन्ति दस्यवः  
 प्राचीनबर्हिर्जीवति होप्रदण्डः ।  
 गावो न काल्यन्त हदं कुतो रजो  
 लोकोऽधुना किं प्रलयाय कल्पते ॥ ८ ॥