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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.10.46

ततो निपेतुस्तरवो दह्यमाना दवाग्निना । शिला: सटङ्कशिखराश्चूर्णयन्त्यो द्विषद्बलम् ॥ ४६ ॥
tato nipetus taravo
[tato nipetus taravo]
dahyamānā davāgninā
[dahyamaanaa davaagninaa]
śilāḥ saṭaṅka-śikharāś
[shilaah satanka-shikharaash]
cūrṇayantyo dviṣad-balam
[choornayantyo dvishad-balam]
Word-for-word
tataḥ — from that great mountain nipetuḥ — began to fall taravaḥ — large trees dahyamānāḥ — blazing in fire dava-agninā — by the forest fire śilāḥ — and stones sa-ṭaṅka-śikharāḥ — having edges with points as sharp as stone picks cūrṇayantyaḥ — smashing dviṣat-balam — the strength of the enemies.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tato nipetus taravo
tataḥ
from that great mountain
nipetuḥ
began to fall
taravaḥ
large trees
dahyamānā davāgninā
dahyamānāḥ
blazing in fire
dava-agninā
by the forest fire
śilāḥ saṭaṅka-śikharāś
śilāḥ
and stones
sa-ṭaṅka-śikharāḥ
having edges with points as sharp as stone picks
cūrṇayantyo dviṣad-balam
cūrṇayantyaḥ
smashing
dviṣat-balam
the strength of the enemies.
From that mountain fell trees blazing in a forest fire. Chips of stone, with sharp edges like picks, also fell and smashed the heads of the demigod soldiers.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From that mountain fell trees blazing in a forest fire along with stones with sharp edges like hatchets, which smashed the enemy troops. Burning trees fell along with stones which were sharp like hatchets.
Personal Guidance
From the illusory mountain fell blazing trees and sharp stone chips. Illusion produces real damage, not just imagined harm. To say 'this is just māyā' does not make the wounds less actual. Discernment matters precisely because illusion bleeds.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I dismiss an illusion as harmless when it is actually drawing blood?
  • What 'stone chips' from a false story have lodged in me that I have not yet removed?
📝 My note

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