Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 4: The Hamsa-guhya Prayers

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.22

astaushīd dhamsa-guhyena

bhagavantam adhokshajam

tubhyam tad abhidhāsyāmi

kasyātushyad yathā harih

SYNONYMS

astaushīt — satisfied; hamsa-guhyena — by the celebrated prayers known as Hamsa-guhya; bhagavantam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhokshajam — who is beyond the reach of the senses; tubhyam — unto you; tat — that; abhidhāsyāmiI shall explain; kasya — with Daksha, the prajāpati; atushyat — was satisfied; yathā — how; harih — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, I shall fully explain to you the Hamsa-guhya prayers, which were offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead by Daksha, and I shall explain how the Lord was pleased with him for those prayers.

PURPORT

It is to be understood that the Hamsa-guhya prayers were not composed by Daksha, but were existing in the Vedic literature.

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