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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- vavau vāyuḥ suduḥsparśaḥ
- phūt-kārān īrayan muhuḥ
- unmūlayan naga-patīn
- vātyānīko rajo-dhvajaḥ
vavaublew — blew; vāyuḥthe winds — the winds; suunpleasant to touch-duḥsparśaḥunpleasant to touch — unpleasant to touch; phūthissing sounds-kārānhissing sounds — hissing sounds; īrayangiving out — giving out; muhuḥagain and again — again and again; unmūlayanuprooting — uprooting; nagagigantic trees-patīngigantic trees — gigantic trees; vātyācyclonic air — cyclonic air; anīkaḥarmies — armies; rajaḥdust — dust; dhvajaḥensigns — ensigns.
There blew winds which were most uninviting to the touch, hissing again and again and uprooting gigantic trees. They had storms for their armies and clouds of dust for their ensigns.
When there are natural disturbances like blowing cyclones, too much heat or snowfall, and uprooting of trees by hurricanes, it is to be understood that the demoniac population is increasing and so the natural disturbance is also taking place. There are many countries on the globe, even at the present moment, where all these disturbances are current. This is true all over the world. There is insufficient sunshine, and there are always clouds in the sky, snowfall and severe cold. These assure that such places are inhabited by demoniac people who are accustomed to all kinds of forbidden, sinful activity.