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Chapter 18: Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation

Verse 22 of 30
SB 8.18.22

ते ऋत्विजो यजमानः सदस्या हतत्विषो वामनतेजसा नृप सूर्यः किलायात्युत वा विभावसुः सनत्कुमारो ऽथ दिदृक्षया क्रतोः

te ṛtvijo yajamānaḥ sadasyā hata-tviṣo vāmana-tejasā nṛpa sūryaḥ kilāyāty uta vā vibhāvasuḥ sanat-kumāro 'tha didṛkṣayā kratoḥ

Synonyms

te—all of them; ṛtvijaḥ—the priests; yajamānaḥ—as well as Bali Mahārāja, who had engaged them in performing the yajña; sadasyāḥ—all the members of the assembly; hata-tviṣaḥ—decreased in their bodily effulgence; vāmana-tejasā—by the brilliant effulgence of Lord Vāmana; nṛpa—O King; sūryaḥ—the sun; kila—whether; āyāti—is coming; uta vā—either; vibhāvasuḥ—the fire-god; sanat-kumāraḥ—the Kumāra known as Sanat-kumāra; atha—either; didṛkṣayā—with a desire to observe; kratoḥ—the sacrificial ceremony..

Translation

O King, because of Vāmanadeva's bright effulgence, the priests, along with Bali Mahārāja and all the members of the assembly, were robbed of their splendor. Thus they began to ask one another whether the sun-god himself, Sanat-kumāra or the fire-god had personally come to see the sacrificial ceremony.

Verse 22 of 30