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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 3]
avahita-ātmā —with great attention;  ayajata —offered prayers and worshiped.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak: Mahārāja Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra, wished to have sons, and therefore he attentively began to offer prayers and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the master and enjoyer of all sacrifices. Mahārāja Nābhi's wife, Merudevī, who had not given birth to any children at that time, also worshiped Lord Viṣṇu along with her husband.
TEXT 2
तस्य ह वाव श्रद्धया विशुद्धभावेन यजतः प्रवर्ग्येषु प्रचरत्सु द्रव्यदेशकाल- मन्त्रत्विग्दक्षिणाविधानयोगोपपत्त्या दुरधिगमो ऽपि भगवान् भागवतवात्सल्यतया सुप्रतीक आत्मानमपराजितं निजजनाभिषेतार्थविधित्सया गृहीतहृदयो हृदयङ्गमं मनोनयनानन्दनावयवाभिराममाविश्वकार ॥ २ ॥
tasya ha vāva śraddhayā viśuddha-bhāvena yajataḥ pravargyeṣu pracaratsu dravya-deśa-kāla-mantrartvig-dakṣiṇā-vidhāna- yogopapattyā duradhigamo 'pi bhagavān bhāgavata-vātsalyatayā supratīka ātmānam aparājītaṁ nija-janābhipretārtha-vidhitsayā gṛhīta- hṛdayo hṛdayaṅgamaṁ mano-nayanānandanāvayavābhirāmam āviścakāra.
tasya —when he (Nābhi);  ha vāva —certainly;  śraddhayā —with great faith and devotion;  viśuddha-bhāvena —with a pure, uncontaminated mind;  yajataḥ —was worshiping;  pravargyeṣu —while the fruitive activities called  pravargya ;  pracaratsu —were being performed;  dravya —the ingredients;  deśa —place;  kāla —time;  mantra —hymns;  ṛtvik —priests conducting the ceremony;  dakṣiṇā —gifts to the priests;  vidhāna —regulative principles;  yoga —and of the means;  upapattyā —by the performance;  duradhigamaḥ —not obtainable;  api —although;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  bhāgavata-vātsalyatayā —because of His being very affectionate to His devotee;  su-