FolioCorpusBhagavad-gītā

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.8

ఆవిధ్య శూలం తరసా గరుత్మతే నిరస్య వక్త్రైర్వ్యనదత్స పఞ్చభి: । స రోదసీ సర్వదిశోఽమ్బరం మహా- నాపూరయన్నణ్డకటాహమావృణోత్ ॥ ౮ ॥
āvidhya śūlaṁ tarasā garutmate
[aavidhya shoolam tarasaa garutmate]
nirasya vaktrair vyanadat sa pañcabhiḥ
[nirasya vaktrair vyanadat sa panchabhih]
sa rodasī sarva-diśo ’mbaraṁ mahān
[sa rodasee sarva-disho ’mbaram mahaan]
āpūrayann aṇḍa-kaṭāham āvṛṇot
[aapoorayann anda-kataaham aavrinot]
āvidhya — whirling about śūlam — his trident tarasā — with great force garutmate — at Garuḍa nirasya — throwing it vaktraiḥ — with his mouths vyanadat — roared saḥ — he pañcabhiḥ — five saḥ — that rodasī — the earth and sky sarva — all diśaḥ — the directions ambaram — outer space mahān — the great (roar) āpūrayan — filling aṇda — of the egglike covering of the universe kaṭāham — the pot āvṛṇot — covered .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āvidhya śūlaṁ tarasā garutmate
āvidhya
whirling about
śūlam
his trident
tarasā
with great force
garutmate
at Garuḍa
nirasya vaktrair vyanadat sa pañcabhiḥ
nirasya
throwing it
vaktraiḥ
with his mouths
vyanadat
roared
saḥ
he
pañcabhiḥ
five
sa rodasī sarva-diśo ’mbaraṁ mahān
saḥ
that
rodasī
the earth and sky
sarva
all
diśaḥ
the directions
ambaram
outer space
mahān
the great (roar)
āpūrayann aṇḍa-kaṭāham āvṛṇot
āpūrayan
filling
aṇda
of the egglike covering of the universe
kaṭāham
the pot
āvṛṇot
covered .
  • śūlam — his trident
    Same weapon as verse 7, now in motion. Sanskrit narrative often lets the same noun travel across consecutive verses to mark continuity of action — the trident has not yet landed.
  • vyanadat — he roared
    From vi + √nad (to sound out). The asura's roar is the inverted echo of Pāñcajanya — both fill the universe-shell, but only one is auspicious. Gauḍīyas use this contrast to teach: the same medium (sound) carries either māyā or mokṣa.
  • aṇda - kaṭāham — the shell of the cosmic egg
    Aṇḍa-kaṭāha — the brahmāṇḍa's outer wall. The verse's scale is cosmological; even a demon's roar in this chapter reaches the edge of the universe.
  • ambaram — outer space, the sky
    Same word that names cloth (ambara) — the sky is the universe's garment. Mura's roar reaches even that garment-edge, but does not pierce it.
Mura whirled his trident and then hurled it fiercely at Garuḍa, roaring from all five mouths. The sound filled the earth and sky, all directions and the limits of outer space, until it reverberated against the very shell of the universe.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Mura whirled his trident and then hurled it fiercely at Garuḍa, roaring from all five mouths. The sound filled the earth and sky, all directions and the limits of outer space, until it reverberated against the very shell of the universe.
Commentary

Bhauma waved his trident and made ferocious sounds (vyanada). That great sound (maha) filled the universe.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He hurled his trident with all his strength. The roaring filled the whole universe, including the heavens and earth (rodasī). Instead of ambaram sometimes antaram is seen. This means Pātāla. Since sound arises in ether, the sound went to the five upper planets including Svarga since the space was large and went upwards. Not able to leave the universe, the sound returned down to earth and then expanded in all directions. Then after filling everything above, it entered a hole into the lower planets. Thus the sound gradually filled (pūrayan) the universe completely (ā).

Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
Related verses
Concepts
Jiva

A drum struck so hard that the room itself becomes the drum — Mura's roar fills the universe-shell because the asura projects himself as ultimate. Bhagavān, who is actually the shell, lets him roar; the puffery makes the eventual silence sweeter.

📝 My note

← Read full Chapter 59