Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.13.15

taḿ natvābhyarcya vidhivat

pādayoḥ śirasā spṛśan

vivitsur idam aprākṣīn

mahā-bhāgavato 'suraḥ

SYNONYMS

tam — him (the saintly person); natvā — after offering obeisances unto; abhyarcya — and worshiping; vidhi-vatin terms of the rules and regulations of etiquette; pādayoḥ — the lotus feet of the saintly person; śirasā — with the head; spṛśan — touching; vivitsuḥ — desiring to know about him (the saintly person); idam — the following words; aprākṣīt — inquired; mahā-bhāgavataḥ — the very advanced devotee of the Lord; asuraḥ — although born in an asura family.

TRANSLATION

The advanced devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja duly worshiped and offered obeisances to the saintly person who had adopted a python's means of livelihood. After thus worshiping the saintly person and touching his own head to the saint's lotus feet, Prahlāda Mahārāja, in order to understand him, inquired very submissively as follows.

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