Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.9.19
ayutāyata-varṣāṇāḿ
sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
vyatīyur bhramatas tasmin
viṣṇu-māyāvṛtātmanaḥ
SYNONYMS
ayuta — tens of thousands; ayuta — by tens of thousands; varṣāṇām — of years; sahasrāṇi — thousands; śatāni — hundreds; ca — and; vyatīyuḥ — passed by; bhramataḥ — as he wandered; tasmin — in that; viṣṇu-māyā — by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu; āvṛta — covered; ātmanaḥ — his mind.
TRANSLATION
Countless millions of years passed as Mārkaṇḍeya wandered about in that deluge, his mind bewildered by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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