Text 63] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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praviśya tripuram kāle rasa-kūpāmṛtam papau
vatsaḥ—a calf; ca—also; āsū—became; tadā—at that time; brahmā—Lord Brahmā; svayam—personally; viṣṇuḥ—Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ayam—this; hi—indeed; gauḥ—a cow; praviśya—entering; tri-puram—the three residences; kāle—at noon; rasa-kūpa-amṛtam—the nectar contained in that well; papau— drank.
TRANSLATION
Then Lord Brahmā became a calf and Lord Viṣṇu a cow, and at noon they entered the residences and drank all the nectar in the well.
TEXT 63
तेऽसुरा ह्यपि पश्यन्तो न न्यषेधन्विमोहिताः ।
तद् विज्ञाय महाशोगी रसपालानिदं जगौ ।
स्मयं विशोकः शोकार्तन्सरन्दैत्रगति च ताम् ॥६३॥
te 'surā hy api paśyanto na nyaṣedhan vimohitāḥ tad vijñāya mahā-yogī rasa-pālān idam jagau smayan viśokaḥ śokārtān smaran daiva-gatim ca tām
te—those; asurāḥ—demons; hi—indeed; api—although; paśyantaḥ— seeing (the calf and cow drinking the nectar); na—not; nyaṣedhan— forbade them; vimohitāḥ—being bewildered by illusion; tat vijñāya— knowing this fully; mahā-yogī—the great mystic Maya Dānava; rasa- pālān—unto the demons who guarded the nectar; idam—this; jagau— said; smayan—being bewildered; viśokaḥ—not being very unhappy; śoka-ārtān—greatly lamenting; smaran—remembering; daiva-gatim— spiritual power; ca—also; tām—that.