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TEXT 12
tasyah svanenatigabhira-ramhasa
sadrir mahi dyaus ca cacala sa-graha
rasa disas ca pratinedire janah
petuh ksitau vajra-nipata-sankaya
SYNONYMS
tasyahof the great Raksasi Putana; svanenaby the vibration of the sound; ativery; gabhiradeep; ramhasaforceful; sa-adrihwith the mountains; mahithe surface of the world; dyauh caand outer space; cacalatrembled; sa-grahawith the stars; rasabelow the planet earth; disah caand all directions; pratinedirevibrated; janahpeople in general; petuhfell down; ksitauon the surface of the world; vajra-nipata-sankayaby suspecting that thunderbolts were falling.
TRANSLATION
As Putana screamed loudly and forcefully, the earth with its mountains, and outer space with its planets, trembled. The lower planets and all directions vibrated, and people fell down, fearing that thunderbolts were falling upon them.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that in this verse the word rasa refers to the planetary systems below the earth, such as Rasatala, Atala, Vitala, Sutala and Talatala.
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