SB 12.8.23

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

SB 12.8.22

SB 12.8.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 23

hutvāgniṁ samupāsīnaṁ
dadṛśuḥ śakra-kiṅkarāḥ
mīlitākṣaṁ durādharṣaṁ
mūrtimantam ivānalam

SYNONYMS

hutvā—having offered oblations; agnim—to the sacrificial fire; samupāsīnam—sitting in yogic meditation; dadṛśuḥ—they saw; śakra—of Indra; kiṅkarāḥ—the servants; mīlita—closed; akṣam—his eyes; durādharṣam—invincible; mūrti-mantam—personified; iva—as if; analam—fire.

TRANSLATION

These servants of Indra found the sage sitting in meditation, having just offered his prescribed oblations into the sacrificial fire. His eyes closed in trance, he seemed invincible, like fire personified.