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Chapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja

Verse 9 of 43
SB 8.19.9

यतो यतो ऽहं तत्रासौ मृत्युः प्राणभृतामिव अतो ऽहमस्य हृदयं प्रवेक्ष्यामि पराग्दृशः

yato yato 'haṁ tatrāsau mṛtyuḥ prāṇa-bhṛtām iva ato 'ham asya hṛdayaṁ pravekṣyāmi parāg-dṛśaḥ

Synonyms

yataḥ yataḥwheresoever; ahamI; tatrathere indeed; asauthis Hiraṇyakaśipu; mṛtyuḥdeath; prāṇa-bhṛtāmof all living entities; ivajust like; ataḥtherefore; ahamI; asyaof him; hṛdayamwithin the core of the heart; pravekṣyāmishall enter; parāk-dṛśaḥof a person who has only external vision..

Translation

Wheresoever I go, Hiraṇyakaśipu will follow Me, as death follows all living entities. Therefore it is better for Me to enter the core of his heart, for then, because of his power to see only externally, he will not see Me.

Verse 9 of 43
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