Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.8
मुहु: परिधयोऽभूवन् सराह्वो: शशिसूर्ययो: ।
निर्घाता रथनिर्ह्रादा विवरेभ्य: प्रजज्ञिरे ॥ ८ ॥
muhuḥ paridhayo ’bhūvan
[muhuh paridhayo ’bhoovan]
sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ
[saraahvoh shashi-sooryayoh]
nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā
[nirghaataa ratha-nirhraadaa]
vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire
[vivarebhyah prajajnire]
Word-for-word
muhuḥ
—
again and again
paridhayaḥ
—
misty halos
abhūvan
—
appeared
sa-rāhvoḥ
—
during eclipses
śaśi
—
of the moon
sūryayoḥ
—
of the sun
nirghātāḥ
—
claps of thunder
ratha-nirhrādāḥ
—
sounds like those of rattling chariots
vivarebhyaḥ
—
from the mountain caves
prajajñire
—
were produced.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
muhuḥ paridhayo ’bhūvan
muhuḥ
again and again
paridhayaḥ
misty halos
abhūvan
appeared
sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ
sa-rāhvoḥ
during eclipses
śaśi
of the moon
sūryayoḥ
of the sun
nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā
nirghātāḥ
claps of thunder
ratha-nirhrādāḥ
sounds like those of rattling chariots
vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire
vivarebhyaḥ
from the mountain caves
prajajñire
were produced.
Misty halos appeared around the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses again and again. Claps of thunder were heard even without clouds, and sounds like those of rattling chariots emerged from the mountain caves.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
There were many eclipses of the sun and moon with halos. There was thunder without clouds and from mountain caves arose sounds of chariots.
Nirghātā means thunder without clouds. Sounds like chariots (ratha-nirhrāda) arose from mountain caves (vivarebhyaḥ).
Personal Guidance
Halos around sun and moon, thunder without clouds, chariot-sounds from mountain caves — the world signals through omens. The Vedic worldview reads phenomena as messages. Modern blindness to omens is itself a kind of poverty.
Reflection Questions
- What strange phenomena around me might be messages I'm dismissing as coincidence?
- How could I cultivate a more attentive reading of natural and personal omens?
My note
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