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Chapter 4: The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers

Verse 20 of 47
SB 6.4.20

तमबृंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापतिः विन्ध्यपादानुपव्रज्य सो ऽचरद्दुष्करं तपः

tam abṛṁhitam ālokya prajā-sargaṁ prajāpatiḥ vindhya-pādān upavrajya so 'carad duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ

Synonyms

tamthat; abṛṁhitamnot increasing; ālokyaseeing; prajā-sargamthe creation of the living entities; prajāpatiḥDakṣa, the generator of living entities; vindhya-pādānthe mountains near the Vindhya mountain range; upavrajyagoing to; saḥhe; acaratexecuted; duṣkaramvery difficult; tapaḥausterities..

Translation

But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.

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