स्रवन्ति सरितो भीता नोत्सर्पत्युदधिर्यत: । अग्निरिन्धे सगिरिभिर्भूर्न मज्जति यद्भयात् ॥ ४२ ॥
sravanti sarito bhita notsarpaty udadhir yatah agnir indhe sa-giribhir bhur na majjati yad-bhayat
- sravanti
- flow
- saritah
- rivers
- bhitah
- fearful
- na
- not
- utsarpati
- overflows
- uda-dhih
- the ocean
- yatah
- because of whom
- agnih
- fire
- indhe
- burns
- sa-giribhih
- with its mountains
- bhuh
- the earth
- na
- not
- majjati
- sinks
- yat
- of whom
- bhayat
- out of fear.
Out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the rivers flow, and the ocean never overflows. Out of fear of Him only does fire burn and does the earth, with its mountains, not sink in the water of the universe.