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Chapter 4: The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers

Verse 22 of 47
SB 6.4.22

अस्तौषीद्धंसगुह्येन भगवन्तमधोक्षजम् तुभ्यं तदभिधास्यामि कस्यातुष्यद्यथा हरिः

astauṣīd dhaṁsa-guhyena bhagavantam adhokṣajam tubhyaṁ tad abhidhāsyāmi kasyātuṣyad yathā hariḥ

Synonyms

astauṣīt—satisfied; haṁsa-guhyena—by the celebrated prayers known as Haṁsa-guhya; bhagavantam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhokṣajam—who is beyond the reach of the senses; tubhyam—unto you; tat—that; abhidhāsyāmi—I shall explain; kasya—with Dakṣa, the prajāpati; atuṣyat—was satisfied; yathā—how; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

My dear King, I shall fully explain to you the Haṁsa-guhya prayers, which were offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead by Dakṣa, and I shall explain how the Lord was pleased with him for those prayers.

Purport

It is to be understood that the Haṁsa-guhya prayers were not composed by Dakṣa, but were existing in the Vedic literature.

Verse 22 of 47