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ŚB 3.19.18

Devanagari

प्रववुर्वायवश्चण्डास्तम: पांसवमैरयन् ।
दिग्भ्यो निपेतुर्ग्रावाण: क्षेपणै: प्रहिता इव ॥ १८ ॥

Text

pravavur vāyavaś caṇḍās
tamaḥ pāṁsavam airayan
digbhyo nipetur grāvāṇaḥ
kṣepaṇaiḥ prahitā iva

Synonyms

pravavuḥ — were blowing; vāyavaḥ — winds; caṇḍāḥ — fierce; tamaḥ — darkness; pāṁsavam — caused by dust; airayan — were spreading; digbhyaḥ — from every direction; nipetuḥ — came down; grāvāṇaḥ — stones; kṣepaṇaiḥ — by machine guns; prahitāḥ — thrown; iva — as if.

Translation

Fierce winds began to blow from all directions, spreading darkness occasioned by dust and hail storms; stones came in volleys from every corner, as if thrown by machine guns.