सान्द्रनीलाम्बुदैर्व्योम सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुभि: । अस्पष्टज्योतिराच्छन्नं ब्रह्मेव सगुणं बभौ ॥ ४ ॥
sāndra-nīlāmbudair vyoma sa-vidyut-stanayitnubhiḥ aspaṣṭa-jyotir ācchannaṁ brahmeva sa-guṇaṁ babhau
- sāndra
- dense
- nīla
- blue
- ambudaiḥ
- by the clouds
- vyoma
- the sky
- sa-vidyut
- along with lightning
- stanayitnubhiḥ
- and thunder
- aspaṣṭa
- diffuse
- jyotiḥ
- its illumination
- ācchannam
- covered
- brahma
- the spirit soul
- iva
- as if
- sa-guṇam
- with the material qualities of nature
- babhau
- was manifest
The sky was then covered by dense blue clouds accompanied by lightning and thunder. Thus the sky and its natural illumination were covered in the same way that the spirit soul is covered by the three modes of material nature.