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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.4
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 4
- svam eva dhiṣṇyaṁ bahu mānayantaṁ
- yad vāsudevābhidham āmananti
- pratyag-dhṛtākṣāmbuja-kośam īṣad
- unmīlayantaṁ vibudhodayāya
svamHimself — Himself; evathus — thus; dhiṣṇyamsituated — situated; bahugreatly — greatly; mānayantamesteemed — esteemed; yatthat which — that which; vāsudevaLord Vāsudeva — Lord Vāsudeva; abhidhamby the name — by the name; āmanantiacknowledge — acknowledge; pratyakeyes settled for introspection-dhṛtaeyes settled for introspection-akṣaeyes settled for introspection — eyes settled for introspection; ambujalotuslike eye-kośamlotuslike eye — lotuslike eye; īṣatslightly — slightly; unmīlayantamopened — opened; vibudhaof the greatly learned sages — of the greatly learned sages; udayāyafor the sake of advancement — for the sake of advancement.
At that time Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa was meditating upon His Supreme Lord, whom the learned esteem as Lord Vāsudeva, but for the sake of the advancement of the great learned sages He slightly opened His lotus like eyes and began to speak.