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SB 12.9.30

Devanāgarī

हिमालयं पुष्पवहां च तां नदीं निजाश्रमं यत्र ऋषी अपश्यत । विश्वं विपश्यञ्छ्वसिताच्छिशोर्वै बहिर्निरस्तो न्यपतल्ल‍याब्धौ ॥ ३० ॥

Text

himālayaṁ puṣpavahāṁ ca tāṁ nadīṁ nijāśramaṁ yatra ṛṣī apaśyata viśvaṁ vipaśyañ chvasitāc chiśor vai bahir nirasto nyapatal layābdhau

Synonyms

himālayam—the Himālaya Mountains;puṣpa-vahām—Puṣpabhadrā;ca—and;tām—that;nadīm—river;nija-āśramam—his own hermitage;yatra—where;ṛṣī—the two sages, Nara-Nārāyaṇa;apaśyata—he saw;viśvam—the universe;vipaśyan—while observing;śvasitāt—by the breath;śiśoḥ—of the infant;vai—indeed;bahiḥ—outside;nirastaḥ—expelled;nyapatat—he fell;laya-abdhau—into the ocean of dissolution.

Translation

He saw before him the Himālaya Mountains, the Puṣpabhadrā River, and his own hermitage, where he had had the audience of the sages Nara-Nārāyaṇa. Then, as Mārkaṇḍeya beheld the entire universe, the infant exhaled, expelling the sage from His body and casting him back into the ocean of dissolution.

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