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Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
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heaven known as the Gandharvas and Kinnaras sang, the beautiful damsels of the heavenly planets danced, and in this way, at the time of the appearance of Nara-Nārāyaṇa, all signs of good fortune were visible. Just at that time great demigods like Brahmā also offered their respectful prayers.
TEXT 56
देवा ऊचुः
यो मायया विरचितं निजयाऽऽत्मनीदं
खे रूपमेदमिव तत्प्रतिचक्षणाय ।
एतेन धर्मसदने ऋषिमूर्तिनाद्य
प्रादुश्चकार पुरुषाय नमः परस्मै ॥५६॥
devā ūcuḥ
yo māyayā viracitaṁ nijayātmanīdaṁ
khe rūpa-bhedam iva tat-praticakṣaṇāya
etena dharma-sadane ṛṣi-mūrtinādya
prāduścakāra puruṣāya namaḥ parasmai
devāḥ —the demigods;  ūcuḥ —said;  yaḥ —who;  māyayā —by the external energy;  viracitam —was created;  nijayā —by His own;  ātmani —being situated in Him;  idam —this;  khe —in the sky;  rūpa-bhedam —bunches of clouds;  iva —as if;  tat —of Himself;  praticakṣaṇāya —for manifesting;  etena —with this;  dharma-sadane —in the house of Dharma;  ṛṣi-mūrtinā —with the form of a sage;  adya —today;  prāduścakāra —appeared;  puruṣāya —unto the Personality of Godhead;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  parasmai —the Supreme.
TRANSLATION
The demigods said: Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the transcendental Personality of Godhead who created as His external energy this cosmic manifestation, which is situated in Him as the air and clouds are situated in space, and who has now appeared in the form of Nara-Nārāyaṇa Rṣi in the house of Dharma.
PURPORT
The universal form of the Lord is in the cosmic manifestation, which is an exhibition of the external energy of the Supreme Personality of