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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.20
tam abṛḿhitam ālokya
prajā-sargaḿ prajāpatiḥ
vindhya-pādān upavrajya
so 'carad duṣkaraḿ tapaḥ
SYNONYMS
tam — that; abṛḿhitam — not increasing; ālokya — seeing; prajā-sargam — the creation of the living entities; prajāpatiḥ — Dakṣa, the generator of living entities; vindhya-pādān — the mountains near the Vindhya mountain range; upavrajya — going to; saḥ — he; acarat — executed; duṣkaram — very difficult; tapaḥ — austerities.
TRANSLATION
But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.
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