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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.8.23
hutvāgniḿ samupāsīnaḿ
dadṛśuḥ śakra-kińkarāḥ
mīlitākṣaḿ durādharṣaḿ
mūrtimantam ivānalam
SYNONYMS
hutvā — having offered oblations; agnim — to the sacrificial fire; samupāsīnam — sitting in yogic meditation; dadṛśuḥ — they saw; śakra — of Indra; kińkarāḥ — the servants; mīlita — closed; akṣam — his eyes; durādharṣam — invincible; mūrti-mantam — personified; iva — as if; analam — fire.
TRANSLATION
These servants of Indra found the sage sitting in meditation, having just offered his prescribed oblations into the sacrificial fire. His eyes closed in trance, he seemed invincible, like fire personified.
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