Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 3: Hiraṇyakaśipu's Plan to Become Immortal

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.3.25

utthāya prāñjaliḥ prahva

īkṣamāṇo dṛśā vibhum

harṣāśru-pulakodbhedo

girā gadgadayāgṛṇāt

SYNONYMS

utthāya — getting up; prāñjaliḥ — with folded hands; prahvaḥin a humble manner; īkṣamāṇaḥ — seeing; dṛśā — with his eyes; vibhum — the supreme person within this universe; harṣa — of jubilation; aśru — with tears; pulaka — with hairs standing on the body; udbhedaḥ — enlivened; girā — by words; gadgadayā — faltering; agṛṇāt — prayed.

TRANSLATION

Then, getting up from the ground and seeing Lord Brahmā before him, the head of the Daityas was overwhelmed by jubilation. With tears in his eyes, his whole body shivering, he began praying in a humble mood, with folded hands and a faltering voice, to satisfy Lord Brahmā.

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