SB 3.5.35

SB 3.5.35

Devanagari

अनिलेनान्वितं ज्योतिर्विकुर्वत्परवीक्षितम् ।
आधत्ताम्भो रसमयं कालमायांशयोगत: ॥ ३५ ॥

Verse text

anilenānvitaṁ jyotir
vikurvat paravīkṣitam
ādhattāmbho rasa-mayaṁ
kāla-māyāṁśa-yogataḥ

Synonyms

anilena — by the air ; anvitam — interacted ; jyotiḥ — electricity ; vikurvat — being transformed ; paravīkṣitam — being glanced over by the Supreme ; ādhatta — created ; ambhaḥ rasa-mayam — water with taste ; kāla — of eternal time ; māyā-aṁśa — and external energy ; yogataḥ — by a mixture.

Translation

When electricity was surcharged in the air and was glanced over by the Supreme, at that time, by a mixture of eternal time and external energy, there occurred the creation of water and taste.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Light, together with air, under the glance of the Lord, from a mixture of time and a portion of māyā, transformed and produced taste and water. Light produced (ādhatta) water with the quality of taste.