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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

tam—that; abṛṁhitam—not increasing; ālokya—seeing; prajā-sargam—the creation of the living entities; prajāpatiḥ—Dakṣa, the generator of living entities; vindhya-pādān—the mountains near the Vindhya mountain range; upavrajya—going to; saḥ—he; acarat—executed; duṣkaram—very difficult; tapaḥ—austerities..

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.

Verse 20 of 47