Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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प्रववुर्वायवश्चण्डास्तमः पांसवमैरयन्
दिग्भ्यो निपेतुर्ग्रावाणः क्षेपणैः प्रहिता इव

pravavur vāyavaś caṇḍās
tamaḥ pāṁsavam airayan
digbhyo nipetur grāvāṇaḥ
kṣepaṇaiḥ prahitā iva

WORD BY WORD

pravavuḥ — were blowing; vāyavaḥ — winds; caṇḍāḥ — fierce; tamaḥ — darkness; pāṁsavam — caused by dust; airayan — were spreading; digbhyaḥ — from every direction; nipetuḥ — came down; grāvāṇaḥ — stones; kṣepaṇaiḥ — by machine guns; prahitāḥ — thrown; iva — as if;

TRANSLATION

Fierce winds began to blow from all directions, spreading darkness occasioned by dust and hail storms; stones came in volleys from every corner, as if thrown by machine guns.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.

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