Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4


Sanskrit:

स्वमेव धिष्ण्यं बहु मानयन्तंयद्वासुदेवाभिधमामनन्ति ।प्रत्यग्धृताक्षाम्बुजकोशमीष-दुन्मीलयन्तं विबुधोदयाय ॥ ४ ॥

ITRANS:

svam eva dhiṣṇyaṁ bahu mānayantaṁyad vāsudevābhidham āmanantipratyag-dhṛtākṣāmbuja-kośam īṣadunmīlayantaṁ vibudhodayāya

Translation:

At that time Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa 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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