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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.3.1
nābhir apatya-kāmo 'prajayā merudevyā bhagavantam yajña-purusham avahitātmāyajata
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukah uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; nābhih — the son of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra; apatya-kāmah — desiring to have sons; aprajayā — who had not given birth to any children; merudevyā — with Merudevī; bhagavantam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yajña-purusham — Lord Vishnu, the master and enjoyer of all performances of sacrifice; avahita-ātmā — with great attention; ayajata — offered prayers and worshiped.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak: Mahārāja Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra, wished to have sons, and therefore he attentively began to offer prayers and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu, the master and enjoyer of all sacrifices. Mahārāja Nābhi's wife, Merudevī, who had not given birth to any children at that time, also worshiped Lord Vishnu along with her husband.
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