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ŚB 3.17.8

Devanagari

मुहु: परिधयोऽभूवन् सराह्वो: शशिसूर्ययो: ।
निर्घाता रथनिर्ह्रादा विवरेभ्य: प्रजज्ञिरे ॥ ८ ॥

Text

muhuḥ paridhayo ’bhūvan
sarāhvoḥ śaśi-sūryayoḥ
nirghātā ratha-nirhrādā
vivarebhyaḥ prajajñire

Synonyms

muhuḥ — again and again; paridhayaḥ — misty halos; abhūvan — appeared; sa-rāhvoḥ — during eclipses; śaśi — of the moon; sūryayoḥ — of the sun; nirghātāḥ — claps of thunder; ratha-nirhrādāḥ — sounds like those of rattling chariots; vivarebhyaḥ — from the mountain caves; prajajñire — were produced.

Translation

Misty halos appeared around the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses again and again. Claps of thunder were heard even without clouds, and sounds like those of rattling chariots emerged from the mountain caves.