SB 12.9.16 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

क्षुत्तृट्परीतो मकरैस्तिमिङ्गिलै- रुपद्रुतो वीचिनभस्वता हत: । तमस्यपारे पतितो भ्रमन् दिशो न वेद खं गां च परिश्रमेषित: ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

kṣut-tṛṭ-parīto makarais timiṅgilair upadruto vīci-nabhasvatāhataḥ tamasy apāre patito bhraman diśo na veda khaṁ gāṁ ca pariśrameṣitaḥ

Synonyms

kṣut — by hunger ; tṛṭ — and thirst ; parītaḥ — enveloped ; makaraiḥ — by the makaras, a species of monster crocodile ; timiṅgilaiḥ — and by the timiṅgila, a variety of huge fish that eats whales ; upadrutaḥ — harassed ; vīci — by the waves ; nabhasvatā — and the wind ; āhataḥ — tormented ; tamasi — in the darkness ; apāre — which was unlimited ; patitaḥ — having fallen ; bhraman — wandering ; diśaḥ — the directions ; na veda — did not recognize ; kham — the sky ; gām — the earth ; ca — and ; pariśrama — iṣitaḥ — overcome by exhaustion .

Translation

Tormented by hunger and thirst, attacked by monstrous makaras and timiṅgila fish and battered by the wind and waves, he moved aimlessly through the infinite darkness into which he had fallen. As he grew increasingly exhausted, he lost all sense of direction and could not tell the sky from the earth.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Having fallen into insurmountable darkness, tormented by hunger and thirst, attacked by monstrous makaras and timiṅgila fish, and battered by the wind and waves, he moved aimlessly. As he grew increasingly exhausted, he lost all sense of direction and could not tell the sky from the earth. He was beaten by wind with waves. Īṣitaḥ means “attained.” It comes from the root īṣ, meaning “to go.”