SB 12.8.35

SB 12.8.35

Devanagari

ते वै भगवतो रूपे नरनारायणावृषी । द‍ृष्ट्वोत्थायादरेणोच्चैर्ननामाङ्गेन दण्डवत् ॥ ३५ ॥

Verse text

te vai bhagavato rūpe nara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣī dṛṣṭvotthāyādareṇoccair nanāmāṅgena daṇḍa-vat

Synonyms

te They ; vai indeed ; bhagavataḥ of the Personality of Godhead ; rūpe the personal manifestations ; nara nārāyaṇau — Nara and Nārāyaṇa ; ṛṣī the two sages ; dṛṣṭvā seeing ; utthāya standing up ; ādareṇa with respect ; uccaiḥ great ; nanāma bowed down ; aṅgena with his entire body ; daṇḍa vat — just like a stick .

Translation

These two sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, were the direct personal forms of the Supreme Lord. When Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi saw Them, he immediately stood up and then with great respect offered Them obeisances by falling down flat on the ground like a stick.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Seeing these two sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, forms of the Supreme Lord, Mārkaṇḍeya stood up and with great respect offered them obeisances by falling down flat on the ground.