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Chapter 5: Vidura's Talks with Maitreya

Verse 34 of 51
SB 3.5.34

अनिलो ऽपि विकुर्वाणो नभसोरुबलान्वितः ससर्ज रूपतन्मात्रं ज्योतिर्लोकस्य लोचनम्

anilo 'pi vikurvāṇo nabhasoru-balānvitaḥ sasarja rūpa-tan-mātraṁ jyotir lokasya locanam

Synonyms

anilaḥ—air; api—also; vikurvāṇaḥ—being transformed; nabhasā—sky; uru-bala-anvitaḥ—extremely powerful; sasarja—created; rūpa—form; tat-mātram—sense perception; jyotiḥ—electricity; lokasya—of the world; locanam—light to see..

Translation

Thereafter the extremely powerful air, interacting with the sky, generated the form of sense perception, and the perception of form transformed into electricity, the light to see the world.

Verse 34 of 51