Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.9
अन्तर्ग्रामेषु मुखतो वमन्त्यो वह्निमुल्बणम् ।
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antar-grāmeṣu mukhato
[antar-graameshu mukhato]
vamantyo vahnim ulbaṇam
[vamantyo vahnim ulbanam]
sṛgālolūka-ṭaṅkāraiḥ
[srigaalolooka-tankaaraih]
praṇedur aśivaṁ śivāḥ
[pranedur ashivam shivaah]
Word-for-word
antaḥ
—
in the interior
grāmeṣu
—
in the villages
mukhataḥ
—
from their mouths
vamantyaḥ
—
vomiting
vahnim
—
fire
ulbaṇam
—
fearful
sṛgāla
—
jackals
ulūka
—
owls
ṭaṅkāraiḥ
—
with their cries
praṇeduḥ
—
created their respective vibrations
aśivam
—
portentously
śivāḥ
—
the she-jackals.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
antar-grāmeṣu mukhato
antaḥ
in the interior
grāmeṣu
in the villages
mukhataḥ
from their mouths
vamantyo vahnim ulbaṇam
vamantyaḥ
vomiting
vahnim
fire
ulbaṇam
fearful
sṛgālolūka-ṭaṅkāraiḥ
sṛgāla
jackals
ulūka
owls
ṭaṅkāraiḥ
with their cries
praṇedur aśivaṁ śivāḥ
praṇeduḥ
created their respective vibrations
aśivam
portentously
śivāḥ
the she-jackals.
In the interior of the villages she-jackals yelled portentously, vomiting strong fire from their mouths, and jackals and owls also joined them with their cries.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Female jackals vomiting fearful fire from their mouths howled inauspiciously along with the cries of their husbands and owls within the villages.
Śivāḥ means female jackals. Ṭaṅkāraiḥ means “with sound.”
Personal Guidance
Inside villages, she-jackals yell, vomit fire, and jackals and owls join in. Ordinary places become eerie when something demonic is born. Our domestic spaces too can manifest unease when wrong forces are at work.
Reflection Questions
- What 'jackal-cries' in my home environment might be signaling that something is off?
- How attentive am I to the small wrongnesses in familiar places?
My note
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