48 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 10

TEXT 38

ast | gareavaratiar
TANGA «= SATA |
tufts: & gah 3 BIRT

Paar ea: TATA NACH

tesam padaghata-rathanga-cirnitad
ayodhandd ulbana utthitas tada

renur disah kham dyumanim ca chadayan
nyavartatasrk-srutibhih pariplutat

tesam—of all the people engaged on the battlefield; padaghdta —he-
cause of beating on the ground by the legs of the demons and demigods;
ratha-anga—and by the wheels of the chariots; ciimitat—which was
made into pieces of dust; dyodhanat—from the battlefield; ulbanah—
very forceful; utthitah—rising; tadd—at that time; renuh—the dust
particles; disah—all directions; kham—outer space; dyumanim—up to
the sun; ca—also; chadayan—covering all of space up to that;
nyavartata—dropped floating in the air; asrk—of blood; srutibhih—by
particles; pariplutat—because of being widely sprinkled.

TRANSLATION

Because of the impact on the ground of the legs of the demons
and demigods and the wheels of the chariots, particles of dust flew
violently into the sky and made a dust cloud that covered all direc-
tions of outer space, as far as the sun. But when the particles of
dust were followed by drops of blood being sprinkled all over
space, the dust cloud could no longer float in the sky.

PURPORT

The cloud of dust covered the entire horizon, but when drops of blood
sprayed up as far as the sun, the dust cloud could no longer float in the
sky. A point to be observed here is that although the blood is stated to
have reached the sun, it is not said to have reached the moon. Ap-
parently, therefore, as stated elsewhere in Srimad- -Bhagavatam, the sun,
