SB 12.9.28 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

खं रोदसी भागणानद्रिसागरान् द्वीपान् सवर्षान् ककुभ: सुरासुरान् । वनानि देशान् सरित: पुराकरान् खेटान् व्रजानाश्रमवर्णवृत्तय: ॥ २८ ॥ महान्ति भूतान्यथ भौतिकान्यसौ कालं च नानायुगकल्पकल्पनम् । यत् किञ्चिदन्यद् व्यवहारकारणं ददर्श विश्वं सदिवावभासितम् ॥ २९ ॥

Verse text

khaṁ rodasī bhā-gaṇān adri-sāgarān dvīpān sa-varṣān kakubhaḥ surāsurān vanāni deśān saritaḥ purākarān kheṭān vrajān āśrama-varṇa-vṛttayaḥ mahānti bhūtāny atha bhautikāny asau kālaṁ ca nānā-yuga-kalpa-kalpanam yat kiṣcid anyad vyavahāra-kāraṇaṁ dadarśa viśvaṁ sad ivāvabhāsitam

Synonyms

kham — the sky ; rodasī — the heavens and earth ; bhā — gaṇān — all the stars ; adri — the mountains ; sāgarān — and oceans ; dvīpān — the great islands ; sa — varṣān — along with the continents ; kakubhaḥ — the directions ; sura — asurān — the saintly devotees and the demons ; vanāni — the forests ; deśān — the various countries ; saritaḥ — the rivers ; pura — the cities ; ākarān — and the mines ; kheṭān — the agricultural villages ; vrajān — the cow pastures ; āśrama — varṇa — of the various spiritual and occupational divisions of society ; vṛttayaḥ — the engagements ; mahānti bhūtāni — the basic elements of nature ; atha — and ; bhautikāni — all their gross manifestations ; asau — he ; kālam — time ; ca — also ; nānā — yuga — kalpa — of the different millennia and the days of Brahmā ; kalpanam — the regulating agent ; yat kiṣcit — whatever ; anyat — other ; vyavahāra — kāraṇam — object intended for use in material life ; dadarśa — he saw ; viśvam — the universe ; sat — real ; iva — as if ; avabhāsitam — manifest .

Translation

The sage saw the entire universe: the sky, heavens and earth, the stars, mountains, oceans, great islands and continents, the expanses in every direction, the saintly and demoniac living beings, the forests, countries, rivers, cities and mines, the agricultural villages and cow pastures, and the occupational and spiritual activities of the various social divisions. He also saw the basic elements of creation along with all their by-products, as well as time itself, which regulates the progression of countless ages within the days of Brahmā. In addition, he saw everything else created for use in material life. All this he saw manifested before him as if it were real.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The sage saw the entire universe: the sky, heavens and earth, the stars, mountains, oceans, great islands, continents, the directions, the saintly and demoniac living beings, the forests, countries, rivers, cities, mines, the agricultural villages, cow pastures, and the occupational and spiritual activities of the various social divisions. He also saw the basic elements of creation along with all their by-products, as well as time itself, which regulates the progression of countless ages within the days of Brahmā. In addition, he saw everything else created for use in material life. He saw a bright world in daylight. He (saḥ) saw a bright world (avabhāsitam) in daylight (divā for divasaḥ).