Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

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; samagāthe 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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