SB 12.9.30 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

himālayaṁ puṣpavahāṁ ca tāṁ nadīṁ nijāśramaṁ yatra ṛṣī apaśyata viśvaṁ vipaśyaṣ 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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 and casting him back into the ocean of dissolution. Puṣpavahām means the Puṣpabhadrā River.