नद्यो नदाश्च क्षुभिताः सरांसि च मनांसि च ।
न ज्वलत्यग्निराज्येन कालो ऽयं किं विधास्यति ॥ १८ ॥
nadyah-rivers; nadah ca-and the tributaries; ksubhitah-all perturbed; saramsi-reservoirs of water; ca-and; manamsi-the mind; ca-also; na-does not; jvalati-ignite; agnih-fire; ajyena-with the help of butter; kalah-the time; ayam-extraordinary it is; kim-what; vidhasyati-going to happen.
Rivers, tributaries, ponds, reservoirs and the mind are all perturbed. Butter no longer ignites fire. What is this extraordinary time? What is going to happen?