SB 12.9.27 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तावच्छिशोर्वै श्वसितेन भार्गव:

सोऽन्त: शरीरं मशको यथाविशत् ।

तत्राप्यदो न्यस्तमचष्ट कृत्‍स्‍नशो

यथा पुरामुह्यदतीव विस्मित: ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

tāvac chiśor vai śvasitena bhārgavaḥ

so ’ntaḥ śarīraṁ maśako yathāviśat

tatrāpy ado nyastam acaṣṭa kṛtsnaśo

yathā purāmuhyad atīva vismitaḥ

Synonyms

tāvat — at that very moment ; śiśoḥ — of the infant ; vai — indeed ; śvasitena — with the breathing ; bhārgavaḥ — the descendant of Bhṛgu ; saḥ — he ; antaḥ śarīram — within the body ; maśakaḥ — a mosquito ; yathā — just like ; aviśat — entered ; tatra — therein ; api — indeed ; adaḥ — this universe ; nyastam — placed ; acaṣṭa — he saw ; kṛtsnaśaḥ — entire ; yathā — as ; purā — previously ; amuhyat — he became bewildered ; atīva — extremely ; vismitaḥ — surprised.

Translation

Just then the child inhaled, drawing Mārkaṇḍeya within His body like a mosquito. There the sage found the entire universe arrayed as it had been before its dissolution. Seeing this, Mārkaṇḍeya was most astonished and perplexed.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

At that moment, the child, by inhaling, drew Mārkaṇḍeya within his body like a mosquito. There the sage found the entire universe arrayed as it had been before its dissolution. Seeing this, Mārkaṇḍeya was most astonished and perplexed. Adaḥ means the universe. He saw everything as it was before the devastation (yathā purā).