Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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his hoods, is weighed down (a ) by the pressure (Brande) exerted by the earth, which in turn is bent (BET) under the heavy load of the deluge-water (75T).
806. The appearance of a comet (943) is supposed to be an ill omen foreboding disaster.
807. The sun's orb reflecting deep inside the waves of oceans (FSTE<T), gave the impression that the submarine fires are bursting out through the waves, as it were.
808. The clouds (398) at the time of the deluge, with lightning streaks dropping down (famost) in the waters down below, are being absorbed (forfasvifa) by these deluge waters, out of revenge ( Tagor), as it were, because these clouds have been drinking the waters every day (तद्दिअस).
809. The sun, tossed up (Hafeest) by the waves, looks like a big lamp gifted by the ocean to the god Vişnu (xift), who uses the ocean's surface as His bed.
810. The waters of all oceans poured into one another. The mixture of all these waters produced different colours and different tastes (3TTHT37-377491), like a peculiar cocktail of milk from the milky ocean (क्षीरसागर) and other wines (सुरा).
811. The gods, frightened, collected on the lofty Meru mountain, and babbling (FES), started going up the mountain-top, (reka), while some had already reached the peak. With them all, the mountain began to sink in the waters of the deluge and as it was going down gradually (7), the caves were getting filled in (कुहरभरण) and thus the gurgling or bubbling sounds (कलअल) were slowly dying down (31TETTAT).
812. As the whole universe came to be filled up (for HT) with deluge waters, the crescent moon, usually on the head of god Siva, dropped down at His feet. Siva too, perhaps frightened, gets into this silvery boat (73737UTTT) to save Himself. Such was the havoc caused on the Kailāsa mountain.
813. Even Brahmā was overpowered by the flood-waters which went over his four mouths. He remained, however, unaffected and felt no distress (UITS HTC), because in his constant practice of Yogic meditation, he was used to control his breath; hence no suffocation for him.