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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.11

तत: प्रचण्डपवनो वर्षाणामधिकं शतम् । पर: सांवर्तको वाति धूम्रं खं रजसावृतम् ॥ ११ ॥
tataḥ pracaṇḍa-pavano
[tatah prachanda-pavano]
varṣāṇām adhikaṁ śatam
[varshaanaam adhikam shatam]
paraḥ sāṁvartako vāti
[parah saamvartako vaati]
dhūmraṁ khaṁ rajasāvṛtam
[dhoomram kham rajasaavritam]
Word-for-word
tataḥ — then pracaṇḍa — terrible pavanaḥ — a wind varṣāṇām — of years adhikam — more than śatam — one hundred paraḥ — great sāmvartakaḥ — causing annihilation vāti — blows dhūmram — gray kham — the sky rajasā — with dust āvṛtam — covered.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tataḥ pracaṇḍa-pavano
tataḥ
then
pracaṇḍa
terrible
pavanaḥ
a wind
varṣāṇām adhikaṁ śatam
varṣāṇām
of years
adhikam
more than
śatam
one hundred
paraḥ sāṁvartako vāti
paraḥ
great
sāmvartakaḥ
causing annihilation
vāti
blows
dhūmraṁ khaṁ rajasāvṛtam
dhūmram
gray
kham
the sky
rajasā
with dust
āvṛtam
covered.
A great and terrible wind of destruction will begin to blow for more than one hundred years, and the sky, covered with dust, will turn gray.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
A great and terrible wind of destruction will begin to blow for more than one hundred years, and the sky, covered with dust, will turn gray. A wind will for a little more than a hundred years and then the sky covered with dust will turn gray.
Personal Guidance
After fire, terrible winds blow for a hundred years, turning the sky gray with dust. Even after destruction there is no quick rest; the unwinding takes its time. Patience with our slow processes of dissolution and renewal mirrors this cosmic rhythm.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I impatient with a long, gray phase in my own life?
  • What is asking only to be quietly endured rather than fixed?
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