Shloka 38

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

अभवन्वृष्टिसंतत्या स्रोतस्थानानि निम्नगाः एवं नद्यः प्रवृत्तास्तु द्वितीये वृष्टिसर्जने

Transliteration

abhavanvṛṣṭisaṃtatyā srotasthānāni nimnagāḥ evaṃ nadyaḥ pravṛttāstu dvitīye vṛṣṭisarjane

Translation

Com a chuva contínua, formaram-se canais e nascentes, e as águas tornaram-se correntes que descem. Assim, na segunda emanação da chuva, os rios começaram a correr—pela vontade ordenadora de Pati, o Senhor que regula a criação por sua śakti.

Word by Word

• abhavan: came to be

• vṛṣṭi-saṃtatyā: by the continuity/stream of rainfall

• srotasthānāni: places of channels, outlets, headwaters

• nimnagāḥ: downward-flowing waters/streams (rivers)

• evaṃ: thus

• nadyaḥ: rivers

• pravṛttāḥ: set in motion, began to flow

• tu: indeed

• dvitīye: in the second

• vṛṣṭi-sarjane: emission/creation of rain

Speaker

Suta Goswami