Text 21] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva
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astaut samāhita-manāḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇato mahān
tatra—there; āsīnam—seated; munim—the great sage; vīkṣya—seeing; kapila-ākhyam—known as Kapila Muni; adhokṣajam—the incarnation of Viṣṇu; astaut—offered prayers; samāhita-manāḥ—with great attention; prāñjaliḥ—with folded hands; praṇataḥ—falling down, offered obeisances; mahān—Amśumān, the great personality.
TRANSLATION
The great Amśumān saw the sage named Kapila, the saint who is an incarnation of Viṣṇu, sitting there by the horse. Amśumān offered Him respectful obeisances, folded his hands and offered Him prayers with great attention.
TEXT 21
अंशुमानुवाच
न पश्यति त्वां परमात्मनोऽजनो
न बुध्यतेऽद्यापि समाधियुक्तिभिः ।
कुतोऽपरे तस्य मनःशरीरधी-
विसर्गसृष्टा वयमप्रकाशाः ॥२१॥
amśumān uvāca
na paśyati tvāṁ param ātmano 'jano na budhyate 'dyāpi samādhi-yuktibhiḥ kuto 'pare tasya manaḥ-śarīra-dhī- visarga-sṛṣṭā vayam aprakāśāḥ
amśumān uvāca—Amśumān said; na—not; paśyati—can see; tvām—Your Lordship; param—transcendental; ātmanaḥ—of us living beings; ajanaḥ—Lord Brahmā; na—not; budhyate—can understand; adya api—even today; samādhi—by meditation; yuktibhiḥ—or by mental speculation; kutaḥ—how; apare—others; tasya—his; manaḥ-śarīra-dhī—who consider the body or mind to be the self;