SB 11.3.11
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 11
- saṁvartako megha-gaṇo
- varṣati sma śataṁ samāḥ
- dhārābhir hasti-hastābhir
- līyate salile virāṭ
SYNONYMS
saṁvartakaḥ — of annihilation; megha-gaṇaḥ — hoards of clouds; varṣati — will rain; sma — indeed; śatam samāḥ — for one hundred years; dhārābhiḥ — with torrents; hasti-hastābhiḥ — (raindrops measuring the length of) elephant trunks; līyate — will merge; salile — in the water; virāṭ — the entire universe.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Hoards of clouds called Saṁvartaka pour torrents of rain for one hundred years. Flooding down in raindrops as long as the trunk of an elephant, the deadly rainfall submerges the entire universe in water.