Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.19.9

yato yato 'haḿ tatrāsau

mṛtyuḥ prāṇa-bhṛtām iva

ato 'ham asya hṛdayaḿ

pravekṣyāmi parāg-dṛśaḥ

SYNONYMS

yataḥ yataḥ — wheresoever; ahamI; tatra — there indeed; asau — this Hiraṇyakaśipu; mṛtyuḥ — death; prāṇa-bhṛtām — of all living entities; iva — just like; ataḥ — therefore; ahamI; asya — of him; hṛdayam — within the core of the heart; pravekṣyāmi — shall enter; parāk-dṛśaḥ — of a person who has only external vision.

TRANSLATION

Wheresoever I go, Hiraṇyakaśipu will follow Me, as death follows all living entities. Therefore it is better for Me to enter the core of his heart, for then, because of his power to see only externally, he will not see Me.

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