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Chapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person

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SB 7.13.20

श्रीनारद उवाच स इत्थं दैत्यपतिना परिपृष्टो महामुनिः स्मयमानस्तमभ्याह तद्वागमृतयन्त्रितः

śrī-nārada uvāca sa itthaṁ daitya-patinā paripṛṣṭo mahā-muniḥ smayamānas tam abhyāha tad-vāg-amṛta-yantritaḥ

Synonyms

śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—the great saint Nārada Muni said; saḥ—that saintly person (lying down); ittham—in this way; daitya-patinā—by the King of the Daityas (Prahlāda Mahārāja); paripṛṣṭaḥ—being sufficiently questioned; mahā-muniḥ—the great saintly person; smayamānaḥ—smiling; tam—unto him (Prahlāda Mahārāja); abhyāha—prepared to give answers; tat-vāk—of his words; amṛta-yantritaḥ—being captivated by the nectar..

Translation

Nārada Muni continued: When the saintly person was thus questioned by Prahlāda Mahārāja, the King of the Daityas, he was captivated by this shower of nectarean words, and he replied to the inquisitiveness of Prahlāda Mahārāja with a smiling face.

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