नद्यो नदाश्च क्षुभिता: सरांसि च मनांसि च । न ज्वलत्यग्निराज्येन कालोऽयं किं विधास्यति ॥ १८ ॥
nadyo nadas ca ksubhitah saramsi ca manamsi ca na jvalaty agnir ajyena kalo ’yam kim vidhasyati
- nadyah
- rivers
- nadah ca
- and the tributaries
- ksubhitah
- all perturbed
- saramsi
- reservoirs of water
- ca
- and
- manamsi
- the mind
- ca
- also
- na
- does not
- jvalati
- ignite
- agnih
- fire
- ajyena
- with the help of butter
- kalah
- the time
- ayam
- extraordinary it is
- kim
- what
- vidhasyati
- going to happen.
Rivers, tributaries, ponds, reservoirs and the mind are all perturbed. Butter no longer ignites fire.