Devanagari
यद्भयाद्वाति वातोऽयं सूर्यस्तपति यद्भयात् ।
यद्भयाद्वर्षते देवो भगणो भाति यद्भयात् ॥ ४० ॥
Verse text
yad-bhayād vāti vāto ’yaṁ
sūryas tapati yad-bhayāt
yad-bhayād varṣate devo
bha-gaṇo bhāti yad-bhayāt
Synonyms
yat
—
of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
;
bhayāt
—
out of fear
;
vāti
—
blows
;
vātaḥ
—
the wind
;
ayam
—
this
;
sūryaḥ
—
sun
;
tapati
—
shines
;
yat
—
of whom
;
bhayāt
—
out of fear
;
yat
—
of whom
;
bhayāt
—
out of fear
;
varṣate
—
sends rains
;
devaḥ
—
the god of rain
;
bha
—
gaṇaḥ — the host of heavenly bodies
;
bhāti
—
shine
;
yat
—
of whom
;
bhayāt
—
out of fear .
Translation
Out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the wind blows, out of fear of Him the sun shines, out of fear of Him the rain pours forth showers, and out of fear of Him the host of heavenly bodies shed their luster.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Out of fear of time, the wind blows, the sun produces heat, the Indra produces rain and the stars shine.
Yad stands for yasmāt. Time represents the Lord.
Purport
The Lord states in
Bhagavad-gītā,
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate:
“Nature is working under My direction.” The foolish person thinks that nature is working automatically, but such an atheistic theory is not supported in the Vedic literature. Nature is working under the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is confirmed in
Bhagavad-gītā,
and we also find here that the sun shines under the direction of the Lord, and the cloud pours forth showers of rain under the direction of the Lord. All natural phenomena are under superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu.