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ŚB 1.14.18

Devanagari

नद्यो नदाश्च क्षुभिता: सरांसि च मनांसि च ।
न ज्वलत्यग्निराज्येन कालोऽयं किं विधास्यति ॥ १८ ॥

Text

nadyo nadāś ca kṣubhitāḥ
sarāṁsi ca manāṁsi ca
na jvalaty agnir ājyena
kālo ’yaṁ kiṁ vidhāsyati

Synonyms

nadyaḥ — rivers; nadāḥ ca — and the tributaries; kṣubhitāḥ — all perturbed; sarāṁsi — reservoirs of water; ca — and; manāṁsi — the mind; ca — also; na — does not; jvalati — ignite; agniḥ — fire; ājyena — with the help of butter; kālaḥ — the time; ayam — extraordinary it is; kim — what; vidhāsyati — going to happen.

Translation

Rivers, tributaries, ponds, reservoirs and the mind are all perturbed. Butter no longer ignites fire. What is this extraordinary time? What is going to happen?