SB 11.30.40 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

इत्यादिष्टो भगवता कृष्णेनेच्छाशरीरिणा । त्रि: परिक्रम्य तं नत्वा विमानेन दिवं ययौ ॥ ४० ॥

Verse text

ity ādiṣṭo bhagavatā kṛṣṇenecchā-śarīriṇā triḥ parikramya taṁ natvā vimānena divaṁ yayau

Synonyms

iti — thus ; ādiṣṭaḥ — instructed ; bhagavatā — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; kṛṣṇena — by Lord Kṛṣṇa ; icchā — śarīriṇā — whose transcendental body is manifested simply by His own will ; triḥ — three times ; parikramya — circumambulating ; tam — to Him ; natvā — bowing down ; vimānena — by a celestial airplane ; divam — into the sky ; yayau — he went .

Translation

So instructed by the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, who assumes His transcendental body by His own will, the hunter circumambulated the Lord three times and bowed down to Him. Then the hunter departed in an airplane that had appeared just to carry him to the spiritual sky.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

So instructed by the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, who assumes the best body by his own will, the hunter circumambulated the Lord three times and bowed down to him. Then the hunter departed in an airplane to the spiritual sky. Icchā-śarīriṇā means “by the Lord who possesses the best body by his desire.”