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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.8.31
dṛṣṭvā nistejasaḿ kāmaḿ
sa-gaṇaḿ bhagavān svarāṭ
śrutvānubhāvaḿ brahmarṣer
vismayaḿ samagāt param
SYNONYMS
dṛṣṭvā — seeing; nistejasam — deprived of his power; kāmam — Cupid; sa-gaṇam — along with his associates; bhagavān — the powerful lord; sva-rāṭ — King Indra; śrutvā — and hearing; anubhāvam — the influence; brahma-ṛṣeḥ — of the sage among the brāhmaṇas; vismayam — astonishment; samagāt — he attained; param — great.
TRANSLATION
The mighty King Indra was most astonished when he heard of the mystic prowess of the exalted sage Mārkaṇḍeya and saw how Cupid and his associates had become powerless in his presence.
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