SB 12.9.14 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.9.14

तस्यैवमुद्वीक्षत ऊर्मिभीषण: प्रभञ्जनाघूर्णितवार्महार्णव: । आपूर्यमाणो वरषद्भ‍िरम्बुदै: क्ष्मामप्यधाद् द्वीपवर्षाद्रिभि: समम् ॥ १४ ॥

tasyaivam udvīkṣata ūrmi-bhīṣaṇaḥ

[tasyaivam udveekshata oormi-bheeshanah]

prabhañjanāghūrṇita-vār mahārṇavaḥ

[prabhanjanaaghoornita-vaar mahaarnavah]

āpūryamāṇo varaṣadbhir ambudaiḥ

[aapooryamaano varashadbhir ambudaih]

kṣmām apyadhād dvīpa-varṣādribhiḥ samam

[kshmaam apyadhaad dveepa-varshaadribhih samam]

Word-for-word

tasya — while he evam — in this way udvīkṣataḥ — was looking on ūrmi — with its waves bhīṣaṇaḥ — frightening prabhañjana — by hurricane winds āghūrṇita — swirled around vāḥ — its water mahā-arṇavaḥ — the great ocean āpūryamānaḥ — becoming filled varaṣadbhiḥ — with rain ambu-daiḥ — by the clouds kṣmām — the earth apyadhāt — covered over dvīpa — with its islands varṣa — continents adribhiḥ — and mountains samam — together.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tasyaivam udvīkṣata ūrmi-bhīṣaṇaḥ

tasya

while he

evam

in this way

udvīkṣataḥ

was looking on

ūrmi

with its waves

bhīṣaṇaḥ

frightening

prabhañjanāghūrṇita-vār mahārṇavaḥ

prabhañjana

by hurricane winds

āghūrṇita

swirled around

vāḥ

its water

mahā-arṇavaḥ

the great ocean

āpūryamāṇo varaṣadbhir ambudaiḥ

āpūryamānaḥ

becoming filled

varaṣadbhiḥ

with rain

ambu-daiḥ

by the clouds

kṣmām apyadhād dvīpa-varṣādribhiḥ samam

kṣmām

the earth

apyadhāt

covered over

dvīpa

with its islands

varṣa

continents

adribhiḥ

and mountains

samam

together.

Even as Mārkaṇḍeya looked on, the rain pouring down from the clouds filled the ocean more and more until that great sea, its waters violently whipped into terrifying waves by hurricanes, covered up all the earth’s islands, mountains and continents.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

While Mārkaṇḍeya watched, the rain pouring down from the clouds filled the ocean more and more until that great sea, its waters violently whipped into terrifying waves by hurricanes, covered up all the earth's islands, mountains and continents.

Personal Guidance

Even as Markandeya looks on, the rain fills the ocean until it overflows. Crisis has a slow-then-sudden quality. Bhagavatam captures it precisely so we can recognize the slow phase before the sudden one arrives.

Reflection Questions

What slow filling am I currently underestimating in my life?
How might I act now, before the sudden overflow?

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