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Chapter 5: The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection

Verse 37 of 46
SB 8.5.37

प्राणादभूद्यस्य चराचराणां प्राणः सहो बलमोजश्च वायुः अन्वास्म सम्राजमिवानुगा वयं प्रसीदतां नः स महाविभूतिः

prāṇād abhūd yasya carācarāṇāṁ prāṇaḥ saho balam ojaś ca vāyuḥ anvāsma samrājam ivānugā vayaṁ prasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ

Synonyms

prāṇātfrom the vital force; abhūtgenerated; yasyaof whom; cara-acarāṇāmof all living entities, moving and nonmoving; prāṇaḥthe vital force; sahaḥthe basic principle of life; balamstrength; ojaḥthe vital force; caand; vāyuḥthe air; anvāsmafollow; samrājaman emperor; ivalike; anugāḥfollowers; vayamall of us; prasīdatāmmay be pleased; naḥupon us; saḥHe; mahā-vibhūtiḥthe supremely powerful..

Translation

All living entities, moving and nonmoving, receive their vital force, their bodily strength and their very lives from the air. All of us follow the air for our vital force, exactly as servants follow an emperor. The vital force of air is generated from the original vital force of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. May that Supreme Lord be pleased with us.

Verse 37 of 46