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OF CULTURE
 
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मंत्रा
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
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And on
 
Again, Akrura beheld there (A disesha),

crested with a thousand hoods.
And on
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 चान्तर्हितं 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.