Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.56.5

taḿ vilokya janā dūrāt

tejasā muṣṭa-dṛṣṭayaḥ

dīvyate 'kṣair bhagavate

śaśaḿsuḥ sūrya-śańkitāḥ

SYNONYMS

tam — him; vilokya — seeing; janāḥ — the people; dūrāt — from some distance; tejasā — by his effulgence; muṣṭa — stolen; dṛṣṭayaḥ — their ability to see; dīvyate — who was playing; akṣaiḥ — with dice; bhagavate — to the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; śaśaḿsuḥ — they reported; sūrya — the sun-god; śańkitāḥ — presuming him.

TRANSLATION

As the people looked at Satrājit from a distance, his brilliance blinded them. They presumed he was the sun-god, Sūrya, and went to tell Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was at that time playing at dice.

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