Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 34: Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śańkhacūḍa Slain

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.34.10

tam apṛcchad dhṛṣīkeśaḥ

praṇataḿ samavasthitam

dīpyamānena vapuṣā

puruṣaḿ hema-mālinam

SYNONYMS

tam — from him; apṛcchat — inquired; hṛṣīkeśaḥ — the Supreme Lord Hṛṣīkeśa; praṇatam — who was offering obeisances; samavasthitam — standing before Him; dīpyamānena — brilliantly shining; vapuṣā — with his body; puruṣam — the personality; hema — golden; mālinam — wearing necklaces.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord Hṛṣīkeśa then questioned this personality, who was standing before Him with his head bowed, his brilliantly effulgent body bedecked with golden necklaces.

PURPORT

The demigod was about to speak, and Lord Kṛṣṇa wanted to focus everyone's attention on his words. Therefore He personally inquired from the worshipable Vidyādhara, who was standing before Him with his head bowed.

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