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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 16 ]
TEXT 28
भगवन्तं परिक्रम्य प्रणिपत्यानुमान्य च । प्रतिजग्मुः प्रमुदिताः शंसन्तो वैष्णवीं श्रियम् ॥२८॥
bhagavantam parikramya praṇipatyānumānya ca pratijagmuḥ pramuditāḥ śaṁsanto vaiṣṇavīm śriyam
bhagavantam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parikramya—after circumambulating; praṇipatya—after offering obeisances; anumānya—after learning; ca—and; pratijagmuḥ—returned; pramuditāḥ—extremely delighted; śaṁsantaḥ—glorifying; vaiṣṇavīm—of the Vaiṣṇavas; śriyam—opulence.
TRANSLATION
The sages circumambulated the Supreme Lord, offered their obeisances and returned, extremely delighted at learning of the divine opulences of the Vaiṣṇava.
PURPORT
It is still a respectful practice to circumambulate the Lord in Hindu temples. Especially in Vaiṣṇava temples there is an arrangement for people to offer respects to the Deity and circumambulate the temple at least three times.
TEXT 29
भगवाननुगावाह यातं मा भैष्टमस्तु शम् । ब्रह्मतेजः समर्थोऽपि हन्तुं नेच्छे मतं तु मे ॥२९॥
bhagavān anugāv āha yātam mā bhaiṣṭam astu śam brahma-tejaḥ samartho 'pi hantum necche matam tu me
bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; anugau—to His two attendants; āha—said; yātam—depart from this place; mā—let there not be; bhaiṣṭam—fear; astu—let there be; śam—happiness; brahma—of a brāhmaṇa; tejaḥ—the curse; samarthaḥ—being able; api—even; hantum—to nullify; na icche—do not desire; matam—approved; tu—on the contrary; me—by Me.