Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.11.19

ātapatraḿ tu vaikuṇṭhaḿ

dvijā dhāmākuto-bhayam

tri-vṛd vedaḥ suparṇākhyo

yajñaḿ vahati pūruṣam

SYNONYMS

ātapatram — His umbrella; tu — and; vaikuṇṭham — His spiritual abode, Vaikuṇṭha; dvijāḥ — O brāhmaṇas; dhāma — His personal abode, the spiritual world; akutaḥ-bhayam — free from fear; tri-vṛt — threefold; vedaḥ — the Veda; suparṇa-ākhyaḥ — named Suparṇa, or Garuḍa; yajñam — sacrifice personified; vahati — carried; pūruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

O brāhmaṇas, the Lord's umbrella is His spiritual abode, Vaikuṇṭha, where there is no fear, and Garuḍa, who carries the Lord of sacrifice, is the threefold Veda.

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