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Chapter 2: The Activities of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra

Verse 9 of 23
SB 5.2.9

शिष्या इमे भगवतः परितः पठन्ति गायन्ति साम सरहस्यमजस्रमीशम् युष्मच्छिखाविलुलिताः सुमनो ऽभिवृष्टीः सर्वे भजन्त्यृषिगणा इव वेदशाखाः

śiṣyā ime bhagavataḥ paritaḥ paṭhanti gāyanti sāma sarahasyam ajasram īśam yuṣmac-chikhā-vilulitāḥ sumano 'bhivṛṣṭīḥ sarve bhajanty ṛṣi-gaṇā iva veda-śākhāḥ

Synonyms

śiṣyāḥdisciples, followers; imethese; bhagavataḥof your worshipable self; paritaḥsurrounding; paṭhantiare reciting; gāyantiare singing; sāmathe Sāma Veda; sa-rahasyamwith the confidential portion; ajasramincessantly; īśamunto the Lord; yuṣmatyour; śikhāfrom bunches of hair; vilulitāḥfallen; sumanaḥof flowers; abhivṛṣṭīḥshowers; sarveall; bhajantienjoy, resort to; ṛṣi-gaṇāḥsages; ivalike; veda-śākhāḥbranches of Vedic literature..

Translation

Seeing the bumblebees following Pūrvacitti, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra said: My dear Lord, the bumblebees surrounding your body are like disciples surrounding your worshipable self. They are incessantly chanting the mantras of the Sāma Veda and the Upaniṣads, thus offering prayers to you. Just as great sages resort to the branches of Vedic literatures, the bumblebees are enjoying the showers of flowers falling from your hair.

Verse 9 of 23
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