Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.8.23

hutvāgniḿ samupāsīnaḿ

dadṛśuḥ śakra-kińkarāḥ

mīlitākṣaḿ durādharṣaḿ

mūrtimantam ivānalam

SYNONYMS

hutvā — having offered oblations; agnim — to the sacrificial fire; samupāsīnam — sitting in yogic meditation; dadṛśuḥ — they saw; śakra — of Indra; kińkarāḥ — the servants; mīlita — closed; akṣam — his eyes; durādharṣam — invincible; mūrti-mantam — personified; iva — as if; analam — fire.

TRANSLATION

These servants of Indra found the sage sitting in meditation, having just offered his prescribed oblations into the sacrificial fire. His eyes closed in trance, he seemed invincible, like fire personified.

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