SB 12.9.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord

SB 12.9.20

SB 12.9.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

prāg-uttarasyāṁ śākhāyāṁ
tasyāpi dadṛśe śiśum
śayānaṁ parṇa-puṭake
grasantaṁ prabhayā tamaḥ

SYNONYMS

prāk-uttarasyām—toward the northeast; śākhāyām—upon a branch; tasya—of that tree; api—indeed; dadṛśe—he saw; śiśum—an infant boy; śayānam—lying; parṇa-puṭake—within the concavity of a leaf; grasantam—swallowing; prabhayā—with His effulgence; tamaḥ—the darkness.

TRANSLATION

Upon a branch of the northeast portion of that tree he saw an infant boy lying within a leaf. The child's effulgence was swallowing up the darkness.