Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.9.21

prāg-uttarasyāḿ śākhāyāḿ

tasyāpi dadṛśe śiśum

śayānaḿ parṇa-puṭake

grasantaḿ prabhayā tamaḥ

SYNONYMS

prāk-uttarasyām — toward the northeast; śākhāyām — upon a branch; tasya — of that tree; api — indeed; dadṛśe — he saw; śiśum — an infant boy; śayānam — lying; parṇa-puṭake — within the concavity of a leaf; grasantam — swallowing; prabhayā — with His effulgence; tamaḥ — the darkness.

TRANSLATION

Upon a branch of the northeast portion of that tree he saw an infant boy lying within a leaf. The child's effulgence was swallowing up the darkness.

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