SB 10.25.10
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
sthūṇā-sthūlā varṣa-dhārā
muñcatsv abhreṣv abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
jalaughaiḥ plāvyamānā bhūr
nādṛśyata natonnatam
SYNONYMS
sthūṇā—like columns; sthūlāḥ—massive; varsa-dhārāḥ—downpours of rain; muñcatsu—releasing; abhreṣu—the clouds; abhīkṣṇaśaḥ—incessantly; jala-oghaiḥ—by the flood of water; plāvyamānā—being submerged; bhūḥ—the earth; na adṛśyata—could not be seen; nataunnatam—low or high.
TRANSLATION
As the clouds released torrents of rain as thick as massive columns, the earth was submerged in the flood, and high ground could no longer be distinguished from low.