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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.13.12-13
rajas-valais tanū-deśair
nigūdhāmala-tejasam
vrito 'mātyaih katipayaih
SYNONYMS
tam — that (saintly person); śayānam — lying down; dharā-upasthe — on the ground; kāveryām — on the bank of the River Kāverī; sahya-sānuni — on a ridge of the mountain known as Sahya; rajah-valaih — covered with dust and dirt; tanū-deśaih — with all the parts of the body; nigūdha — very grave and deep; amala — spotless; tejasam — whose spiritual power; dadarśa — he saw; lokān — to all the different planets; vicaran — traveling; loka-tattva — the nature of the living beings (especially those who are trying to advance in Krishna consciousness); vivitsayā — to try to understand; vritah — surrounded; amātyaih — by royal associates; katipayaih — a few; prahrādah — Mahārāja Prahlāda; bhagavat-priyah — who is always very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja, the most dear servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, once went out touring the universe with some of his confidential associates just to study the nature of saintly persons. Thus he arrived at the bank of the Kāverī, where there was a mountain known as Sahya. There he found a great saintly person who was lying on the ground, covered with dirt and dust, but who was deeply spiritually advanced.
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