Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.14.15
Nirodha· Winding upDisturbances Spread Across Earth and Sky
“Just see how the smoke encircles the sky. It appears that the earth and mountains are throbbing. Just hear the cloudless thunder and see the bolts from the blue.”
What the purport teaches
- Smoke encircles the sky, drawing attention to a troubling sight.
- The earth and mountains appear to be throbbing.
- Thunder sounds without clouds, and bolts come from the blue. The listener is asked both to see and to hear these disturbances.
Try this today
Reread the verse and distinguish what the listener is asked to see from what he is asked to hear.
Ask yourself
How do the sights and sounds together convey the scale of the disturbance?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.