Verse 21·VR 1.43.21

शिंशुमारोरगगणैर्मीनैरपि च चंचलैः || १-४३-२१ विद्युद्भिरिव विक्षिप्तैराकाशमभवत्तदा |

paaNDuraiH salila utpiiDaiH kiiryamaaNaiH sahasradhaa ||1-43-22 shaarada abhraiH iva aakriiNam gaganam haMsa saMplavaiH |

Translation

At that time, with the falling and rising of scores of porpoises and reptiles, even with the wriggling fishes, the sky became flashy as if flashes of lightning are strewn over it. [1-43-21b, 22a]

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b, 22a. tadaa

at that time

shimshumaaroragagaNaiH

with scores of porpoises reptiles

cancalaiH miinaiH api ca

with wriggling, fishes, even, also - that are falling and rising with \t\t\tstreams

aakaasham

sky

vidyudbhiH vikSiptaiH iva

as if flashes of lightning strewn

abhavat

sky - became, \t\t\tbecame flashy.

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43

River Ganga's descent onto earth

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