SB 3.17.7 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.7

चुक्रोश विमना वार्धिरुदूर्मि: क्षुभितोदर: । सोदपानाश्च सरितश्चुक्षुभु: शुष्कपङ्कजा: ॥ ७ ॥

cukrośa vimanā vārdhir

[chukrosha vimanaa vaardhir]

udūrmiḥ kṣubhitodaraḥ

[udoormih kshubhitodarah]

sodapānāś ca saritaś

[sodapaanaash cha saritash]

cukṣubhuḥ śuṣka-paṅkajāḥ

[chukshubhuh shushka-pankajaah]

Word-for-word

cukrośa — wailed aloud vimanāḥ — stricken with sorrow vārdhiḥ — the ocean udūrmiḥ — high waves kṣubhita — agitated udaraḥ — the creatures inside sa-udapānāḥ — with the drinking water of the lakes and the wells ca — and saritaḥ — the rivers cukṣubhuḥ — were agitated śuṣka — withered paṅkajāḥ — lotus flowers.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

cukrośa vimanā vārdhir

cukrośa

wailed aloud

vimanāḥ

stricken with sorrow

vārdhiḥ

the ocean

udūrmiḥ kṣubhitodaraḥ

udūrmiḥ

high waves

kṣubhita

agitated

udaraḥ

the creatures inside

sodapānāś ca saritaś

sa-udapānāḥ

with the drinking water of the lakes and the wells

and

saritaḥ

the rivers

cukṣubhuḥ śuṣka-paṅkajāḥ

cukṣubhuḥ

were agitated

śuṣka

withered

paṅkajāḥ

lotus flowers.

The ocean with its high waves wailed aloud as if stricken with sorrow, and there was a commotion among the creatures inhabiting the ocean. The rivers and lakes were also agitated, and lotuses withered.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The grieving ocean with high waves and agitated inhabitants wailed loudly. The rivers and wells with withered lotuses were also agitated. Vārdhiḥ means ocean. Sodapānāḥ means “with wells.”

Personal Guidance

The ocean wails, sea creatures stir, rivers and lakes agitate, lotuses wither. Inner waters reflect cosmic events. Our emotional turbulence often signals something larger than personal moods.

Reflection Questions

When my 'inner ocean' wails, am I quick to call it just my mood, missing what it might reveal?
Whose lotuses are withering around me, and what is the cause?

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