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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 26

namaḥ paṅkaja-nābhāya

namaḥ paṅkaja-māline

namaḥ paṅkaja-netrāya

namas tepaṅkajāṅghraye

SYNONYMS

namaḥ — all respectful obeisances; paṅkaja-nābhāya — unto the Lord who has a specific depression resembling a lotus flower in the center of His abdomen; namaḥ — obeisances; paṅkaja-māline — one who is always decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; namaḥ — obeisances; paṅkaja-netrāya — one whose glance is as cooling as a lotus flower; namaḥ te — respectful obeisances unto You; paṅkaja-aṅghraye — unto You, the soles of whose feet are engraved with lotus flowers (and who are therefore said to possess lotus feet).

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.

PURPORT

Queen Kuntī offered this same prayer, which is found in First Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Chapter 8, Text 22. The synonyms and translation given here are taken from Śrīla Prabhupāda's rendering of that text.

We may also note that although Kuntī's prayer occurs early in the Bhāgavatam, she offered it many years after the incident described here.

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