Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32


Sanskrit:

सटावधूता जलदा: परापतन्ग्रहाश्च तद् द‍ृष्टिविमुष्टरोचिष: ।अम्भोधय: श्वासहता विचुक्षुभु-र्निर्ह्रादभीता दिगिभा विचुक्रुशु: ॥ ३२ ॥

ITRANS:

saṭāvadhūtā jaladāḥ parāpatangrahāś ca tad-dṛṣṭi-vimuṣṭa-rociṣaḥambhodhayaḥ śvāsa-hatā vicukṣubhurnirhrāda-bhītā digibhā vicukruśuḥ

Translation:

The hair on Nṛsiṁhadeva’s head shook the clouds and scattered them here and there, His glaring eyes stole the effulgence of the luminaries in the sky, and His breathing agitated the seas and oceans. Because of His roaring, all the elephants in the world began to cry in fear.

Purport:

As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (10.41): “Know that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.” The illumination of the planets and stars in the sky is but a partial manifestation of the Lord’s effulgence. There are many wonderful qualities of different living entities, but whatever extraordinary things exist are but part of the Lord’s tejas, His illumination or brilliance. The deep waves of the seas and oceans and the many other wonders within the creation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead all become insignificant when the Lord, in His special feature, incarnates within this material world. Everything is insignificant in comparison to His personal, all-defeating transcendental qualities.