Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 8 Verse 35

Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.8.35

te vai bhagavato rūpe

nara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣī

dṛṣṭvotthāyādareṇoccair

nanāmāńgena daṇḍa-vat

SYNONYMS

te — They; vai — indeed; bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; rūpe — the personal manifestations; nara-nārāyaṇau — Nara and Nārāyaṇa; ṛṣī — the two sages; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; utthāya — standing up; ādareṇa — with respect; uccaiḥ — great; nanāma — bowed down; ańgena — with his entire body; daṇḍa-vat — just like a stick.

TRANSLATION

These two sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, were the direct personal forms of the Supreme Lord. When Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi saw Them, he immediately stood up and then with great respect offered Them obeisances by falling down flat on the ground like a stick.

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