SB 3.17.26
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 17: Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 26
- sa varṣa-pūgān udadhau mahā-balaś
- caran mahormīñ chvasaneritān muhuḥ
- maurvyābhijaghne gadayā vibhāvarīm
- āsedivāṁs tāta purīṁ pracetasaḥ
SYNONYMS
saḥ — he; varṣa-pūgān — for many years; udadhau — in the ocean; mahā-balaḥ — mighty; caran — moving; mahā-ūrmīn — gigantic waves; śvasana — by the wind; īritān — tossed; muhuḥ — again and again; maurvyā — iron; abhijaghne — he struck; gadayā — with his mace; vibhāvarīm — Vibhāvarī; āsedivān — reached; tāta — O dear Vidura; purīm — the capital; pracetasaḥ — of Varuṇa.
TRANSLATION
Moving about in the ocean for many, many years, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa smote the gigantic wind-tossed waves again and again with his iron mace and reached Vibhāvarī, the capital of Varuṇa.
PURPORT
Varuṇa is supposed to be the predominating deity of the waters, and his capital, which is known as Vibhāvarī, is within the watery kingdom.