saá¹vartako megha-gaṇo
vará¹£ati sma Å›ataá¹ samÄḥ
dhÄrÄbhir hasti-hastÄbhir
lÄ«yate salile virÄá¹­

 saá¹vartakaḥ - of annihilation; megha-gaṇaḥ - hoards of clouds; vará¹£ati - will rain; sma - indeed; Å›atam samÄḥ - for one hundred years; dhÄrÄbhiḥ - with torrents; hasti-hastÄbhiḥ - (raindrops measuring the length of) elephant trunks; lÄ«yate - will merge; salile - in the water; virÄá¹­ - the entire universe.


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Hordes of clouds called Saá¹vartaka pour torrents of rain for one hundred years. Flooding down in raindrops as long as the trunk of an elephant, the deadly rainfall submerges the entire universe in water.

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