Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.23.5

ity ādiṣṭā bhagavatā

gatvā yācanta te tathā

kṛtāñjali-puṭā viprān

daṇḍa-vat patitā bhuvi

SYNONYMS

iti — in these words; ādiṣṭaḥ — ordered; bhagavatā — by the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa; gatvā — going; ayācanta — begged; te — they; tathā — in that manner; kṛta-añjali-puṭāḥ — joining their palms in humble supplication; viprān — to the brāhmaṇas; daṇḍa-vat — like sticks; patitāḥ — falling; bhuvi — upon the ground.

TRANSLATION

Thus instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cowherd boys went there and submitted their request. They stood before the brāhmaṇas with palms joined in supplication and then fell flat on the ground to offer respect.

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