Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 84: The Sages' Teachings at Kurukshetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.84.10

kim svalpa-tapasam nrinam

arcayam deva-cakshusham

darsana-sparsana-prasna-

prahva-padarcanadikam

SYNONYMS

kim -- whether; su-alpa -- very meager; tapasam -- whose austerities; nrinam -- for human beings; arcayam -- in the Deity in the temple; deva -- God; cakshusham -- whose perception; darsana -- seeing; sparsana -- touching; prasna -- asking questions; prahva -- bowing down; pada-arcana -- worshiping the feet; adikam -- and so on.

TRANSLATION

How is it that people who are not very austere and who recognize God only in His Deity form in the temple can now see you, touch you, inquire from you, bow down to you, worship your feet and serve you in other ways?

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