Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 84: The Sages' Teachings at Kurukṣetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.10

kiḿ svalpa-tapasāḿ nṝṇām

arcāyāḿ deva-cakṣuṣām

darśana-sparśana-praśna-

prahva-pādārcanādikam

SYNONYMS

kim — whether; su-alpa — very meager; tapasām — whose austerities; nṝṇām — for human beings; arcāyāmin the Deity in the temple; deva — God; cakṣuṣām — whose perception; darśana — seeing; sparśana — touching; praśna — asking questions; prahva — bowing down; pāda-arcana — worshiping the feet; ādikam — and so on.

TRANSLATION

How is it that people who are not very austere and who recognize God only in His Deity form in the temple can now see you, touch you, inquire from you, bow down to you, worship your feet and serve you in other ways?

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