Shloka 39

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

अतो धूमाग्निवातानां संयोगस्त्वभ्रमुच्यते वारीणि वर्षतीत्यभ्रम् अभ्रस्येशः सहस्रदृक्

Transliteration

ato dhūmāgnivātānāṃ saṃyogastvabhramucyate vārīṇi varṣatītyabhram abhrasyeśaḥ sahasradṛk

Translation

Portanto, a conjunção de fumaça, fogo e vento é chamada nuvem. E porque derrama as águas, é denominada ‘abhra’ (nuvem). O senhor que preside as nuvens é Sahasradṛk, o de Mil Olhos.

Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore

• dhūma: smoke

• agni: fire

• vātānām: of the winds

• saṃyogaḥ: conjunction/combination

• tu: indeed

• abhram: cloud

• ucyate: is called

• vārīṇi: waters

• varṣati: pours/rains

• iti: thus

• abhram: ‘abhra’ (cloud)

• abhrasya: of the cloud(s)

• īśaḥ: lord/presiding deity

• sahasra-dṛk: thousand-eyed (epithet of Indra)

Speaker

Suta Goswami