Shloka 7
Portents at the Birth of Diti’s Sons and Hiraṇyākṣa Challenges Varuṇa
चुक्रोश विमना वार्धिरुदूर्मि: क्षुभितोदर: । सोदपानाश्च सरितश्चुक्षुभु: शुष्कपङ्कजा: ॥ ७ ॥
cukrośa vimanā vārdhir udūrmiḥ kṣubhitodaraḥ sodapānāś ca saritaś cukṣubhuḥ śuṣka-paṅkajāḥ
ଉଚ୍ଚ ତରଙ୍ଗମୟ ସମୁଦ୍ର ଶୋକାକୁଳ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ପରି ଆର୍ତ୍ତନାଦ କଲା; ସମୁଦ୍ରସ୍ଥ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନେ ଉତ୍ତେଜିତ ହେଲେ। ନଦୀ, ସରୋବର ଓ କୂଆମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ କ୍ଷୁଭିତ ହେଲେ, ଏବଂ ପଦ୍ମ ଶୁଷ୍କ ହୋଇଗଲା।
FAQs
This verse depicts oceans, rivers, and ponds becoming disturbed and drying—showing that when destructive, demonic forces rise, प्रकृति (nature) itself reflects the imbalance.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates these cosmic signs to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as part of the account of the demonic disturbance affecting the universe.
When inner or outer life becomes “agitated,” the Bhagavatam’s takeaway is to restore dharma through sādhana—especially remembrance of the Lord—rather than feeding the disturbance.