वाता न वान्ति न हि सन्ति दस्यव: प्राचीनबर्हिर्जीवति होग्रदण्ड: । गावो न काल्यन्त इदं कुतो रजो लोकोऽधुना किं प्रलयाय कल्पते ॥ ८ ॥
vata na vanti na hi santi dasyavah pracina-barhir jivati hogra-dandah gavo na kalyanta idam kuto rajo loko ’dhuna kim pralayaya kalpate
- vatah
- the winds
- na vanti
- are not blowing
- na
- not
- hi
- because
- santi
- are possible
- dasyavah
- plunderers
- pracina-barhih
- old King Barhi
- jivati
- is living
- ha
- still
- ugra-dandah
- who would sternly punish
- gavah
- the cows
- na kalyante
- are not being driven
- idam
- this
- kutah
- from where
- rajah
- dust
- lokah
- the plane
- adhuna
- now
- kim
- is it
- pralayaya
- for dissolution
- kalpate
- to be considered ready.
Conjecturing on the origin of the storm, they said: There is no wind blowing, and no cows are passing, nor is it possible that this dust storm could be raised by plunderers, for there is still the strong King Barhi, who would punish them. Where is this dust storm blowing from? Is the dissolution of the plane now to occur?