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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 8]
TEXT 32
सटावधूता जलदाः परापतन् 
  ग्रहाश्च तद्दृष्टिविमुष्टरोचिपः । 
  अम्भोधयः श्वासहता विचुक्षुमु- 
  निर्हादभीता दिग्भि विचुक्रुगुः ॥३२॥
saṭāvadhūtā jaladāḥ parāpatan 
  grahāś ca tad-dṛṣṭi-vimuṣṭa-rociṣaḥ 
  ambhodhayaḥ śvāsa-hatā vicukṣubhur 
  nirhrāda-bhūtā digibhā vicukruśuḥ
saṭā —by the hair on Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s head;  avadhūtāḥ —shaken;  jaladāḥ —the clouds;  parāpatan —scattered;  grahāḥ —the luminous planets;  ca —and;  tat-dṛṣṭi —by His glaring glance;  vimuṣṭa —taken away;  rociṣaḥ —whose effulgence;  ambhodhayaḥ —the water of the oceans and seas;  śvāsa-hatāḥ —being struck by Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s breathing;  vicukṣubhuḥ —became turbulent;  nirhrāda-bhūtāḥ —frightened by Nṛsiṁhadeva’s roaring;  digibhāḥ —all the elephants guarding the quarters;  vicukruśuḥ —cried out.
TRANSLATION
The hair on Nṛsiṁhadeva’s head shook the clouds and scattered them here and there, His glaring eyes stole the effulgence of the luminaries in the sky, and His breathing agitated the seas and oceans. Because of His roaring, all the elephants in the world began to cry in fear.
PURPORT
As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.41):
yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ 
  śrīmad ūrjītam eva vā 
  tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ 
  mama tejo-'ṁśa-sambhavam
“Know that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.” The illumination of the planets and stars in the