Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.26

namah pankaja-nabhaya

namah pankaja-maline

namah pankaja-netraya

namas tepankajanghraye

SYNONYMS

namah -- all respectful obeisances; pankaja-nabhaya -- unto the Lord who has a specific depression resembling a lotus flower in the center of His abdomen; namah -- obeisances; pankaja-maline -- one who is always decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; namah -- obeisances; pankaja-netraya -- one whose glance is as cooling as a lotus flower; namah te -- respectful obeisances unto You; pankaja-anghraye -- unto You, the soles of whose feet are engraved with lotus flowers (and who are therefore said to possess lotus feet).

TRANSLATION

My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.

PURPORT

Queen Kunti offered this same prayer, which is found in First Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Chapter 8, Text 22. The synonyms and translation given here are taken from Srila Prabhupada's rendering of that text.

We may also note that although Kunti's prayer occurs early in the Bhagavatam, she offered it many years after the incident described here.

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