Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40


Sanskrit:

रूपं तन्महदाश्चर्यं विचक्ष्यागतसाध्वस: ।ननाम दण्डवद्भ‍ूमौ प्रहृष्टात्मा प्रजापति: ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

rūpaṁ tan mahad-āścaryaṁvicakṣyāgata-sādhvasaḥnanāma daṇḍavad bhūmauprahṛṣṭātmā prajāpatiḥ

Translation:

Seeing that wonderful and effulgent form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Prajāpati Dakṣa was first somewhat afraid, but then he was very pleased to see the Lord, and he fell to the ground like a stick to offer his respects to the Lord.

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