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Chapter 8: Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

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SB 3.8.4

स्वमेव धिष्ण्यं बहु मानयन्तं यद्वासुदेवाभिधमामनन्ति प्रत्यग्धृताक्षाम्बुजकोशमीषदुन्मीलयन्तं विबुधोदयाय

svam eva dhiṣṇyaṁ bahu mānayantaṁ yad vāsudevābhidham āmananti pratyag-dhṛtākṣāmbuja-kośam īṣad unmīlayantaṁ vibudhodayāya

Synonyms

svamHimself; evathus; dhiṣṇyamsituated; bahugreatly; mānayantamesteemed; yatthat which; vāsudevaLord Vāsudeva; abhidhamby the name; āmanantiacknowledge; pratyak-dhṛta-akṣaeyes settled for introspection; ambuja-kośamlotuslike eye; īṣatslightly; unmīlayantamopened; vibudhagreatly learned sages; udayāyafor the sake of advancement..

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 lotuslike eyes and began to speak.

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