Verse 40 of 47
SB 6.4.40
रूपं तन्महदाश्चर्यं विचक्ष्यागतसाध्वसः ननाम दण्डवद्भूमौ प्रहृष्टात्मा प्रजापतिः
rūpaṁ tan mahad-āścaryaṁ vicakṣyāgata-sādhvasaḥ nanāma daṇḍavad bhūmau prahṛṣṭātmā prajāpatiḥ
Synonyms
rūpam—transcendental form; tat—that; mahat-āścaryam—greatly wonderful; vicakṣya—seeing; āgata-sādhvasaḥ—in the beginning becoming afraid; nanāma—offered obeisances; daṇḍa-vat—like a stick; bhūmau—on the ground; prahṛṣṭa-ātmā—being pleased in his body, mind and soul; prajāpatiḥ—the Prajāpati known as Dakṣa..
Translation
Seeing that wonderful and effulgent form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Prajāpati Dakṣa was first somewhat afraid, but then he was very pleased to see the Lord, and he fell to the ground like a stick [daṇḍavat] to offer his respects to the Lord.
Verse 40 of 47