Shloka 39

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

अतो धूमाग्निवातानां संयोगस्त्वभ्रमुच्यते वारीणि वर्षतीत्यभ्रम् अभ्रस्येशः सहस्रदृक्

Transliteration

ato dhūmāgnivātānāṃ saṃyogastvabhramucyate vārīṇi varṣatītyabhram abhrasyeśaḥ sahasradṛk

Translation

Kaya ang pagsasanib ng usok, apoy, at hangin ay tinatawag na ulap. Sapagkat nagbubuhos ito ng tubig, tinatawag itong ‘abhra’ (ulap). Ang panginoong namamahala sa mga ulap ay si Sahasradṛk, ang May Sanlibong Mata.

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