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OF CULTURE
 
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मंत्रा
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
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Again, Akrura beheld there (A disesha),
crested with a thousand hoods.
his lap. the Supreme Being, cloud-blue,
wearing yellow silk, four-armed, serene
and with eyes red like the lotus-petel.
 
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भक्त्या परमयाऽस्तौषीत् कृताञ्जलिपुटः शनैः ॥
 
With supreme devotion and with palms
joined in respect, Akrura softly extolled
the Lord.
 
स्तुवतस्तस्य भगवान् दर्शयित्वा जले वपुः ।
भूयस्समाहरत्कृष्णो नटो नाट्यमिवात्मनः ॥
 
Having shown His form in the waters
to Akrura who was extolling Him, Lord
Krishna withdrew it again, even as a
dancer would his dance..
 
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सोऽपि चान्तर्हित वीक्ष्य विस्मितो रथमागमत् ।
तमपृच्छन् हृषीकेशः किं ते दृष्टमिवाद्भुतम् ।
भूमौ वियति तोये वा तथा त्वां लक्षयामहे ॥
 
And Akrura, seeing the Lord dis-
appear, came to the chariot, wondering.