Canto 9: LiberationChapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.18.50

tam eva hṛdi vinyasya

vāsudevaḿ guhāśayam

nārāyaṇam aṇīyāḿsaḿ

nirāśīr ayajat prabhum

SYNONYMS

tam eva — Him only; hṛdi — within the heart; vinyasya — placing; vāsudevam — Lord Vāsudeva; guha-āśayam — who exists in everyone's heart; nārāyaṇam — who is Nārāyaṇa, or an expansion of Nārāyaṇa; aṇīyāḿsam — invisible to material eyes, although existing everywhere; nirāśīḥYayāti, without any material desires; ayajat — worshiped; prabhum — the Supreme Lord.

TRANSLATION

Without material desires, Mahārāja Yayāti worshiped the Supreme Lord, who is situated in everyone's heart as Nārāyaṇa and is invisible to material eyes, although existing everywhere.

PURPORT

King Yayāti, although externally seeming very fond of material enjoyment, was internally thinking of becoming an eternal servant of the Lord.

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