Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 8: Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.8.4

svam eva dhiṣṇyaḿ bahu mānayantaḿ

yad vāsudevābhidham āmananti

pratyag-dhṛtākṣāmbuja-kośam īṣad

unmīlayantaḿ vibudhodayāya

SYNONYMS

svam — Himself; eva — thus; dhiṣṇyam — situated; bahu — greatly; mānayantam — esteemed; yat — that which; vāsudeva — Lord Vāsudeva; abhidham — by the name; āmananti — acknowledge; pratyak-dhṛta-akṣa — eyes settled for introspection; ambuja-kośam — lotuslike eye; īṣat — slightly; unmīlayantam — opened; vibudha — of the greatly learned sages; udayāya — for the sake of advancement.

TRANSLATION

At that time Lord Sańkarṣaṇa was meditating upon His Supreme Lord, whom the learned esteem as Lord Vāsudeva, but for the sake of the advancement of the great learned sages He slightly opened His lotus like eyes and began to speak.

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