152 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 8

TEXT 32

AAT FEA: TIAL

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satavadhiita jaladah pardpatan
grahas ca tad-drsti-vimusta-rocisah

ambhodhayah svasa-hata vicuksubhur
nirhrdda-bhita digibha vicukrusuh

sata —by the hair on Lord Nrsirnhadeva’s head; avadhitah —shaken;
jaladah—the clouds; pardpatan—scattered; grahah—the luminous
planets; ca—and; tat-drsti—by His glaring glance; vimusta—taken
away; rocisah—whose effulgence; ambhodhayah—the water of the
oceans and seas; svdsa-hatah—being struck by Lord Nrsirmhadeva’s
breathing; vicuksubhuh—became turbulent; _nirhrdda-bhitah—
frightened by Nrsitmhadeva’s roaring; digibhah—all the elephants
guarding the quarters; vicukrusuh—cried out.

TRANSLATION

The hair on Nrsimhadeva’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-gita (10.41):

yad yad vibhiitimat sattvarn
Srimad iirjitam eva vd

tat tad evavagaccha tvam
mama tejo-’risa-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
