98 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 13

spiritual power; dadarsa—he saw; lokdn—to all the different planets;
vicaran—traveling; loka-tattva—the nature of the living beings
(especially those who are trying to advance in Krsna consciousness);
vivitsaya—to try to understand; vrtah—surrounded; amatyaih—by
royal associates; katipayaih—a few; prahrddah—Maharaja Prahlada;
bhagavat-priyah—who is always very, very dear to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Prahlada Maharaja, the most dear servitor of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, once went out touring the universe with
some of his confidential associates just to study the nature of
saintly persons. Thus he arrived at the bank of the Kaveri, where
there was a mountain known as Sahya. There he found a great
saintly person who was lying on the ground, covered with dirt and
dust, but who was deeply spiritually advanced.

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karmanaékrtibhir vaca
liigair varnasramadibhih
na vidanti jana yarh vai
so ’sdv iti na veti ca

karmanad—by activities; dkrtibhih—by bodily features; vacad—by
words; lirgaih—by symptoms; varna-dsrama—pertaining to the par-
ticular material and spiritual divisions of varna and dsrama; adibhih—
and by other symptoms; na vidanti—could not understand; janah—
people in general; yam—whom; vai—indeed; sah—whether that per-
son; asau—was the same person; iti—thus; na—not; vi—or; iti—thus;
ca—also.

TRANSLATION

Neither by that saintly person’s activities, by his bodily features,
by his words nor by the symptoms of his varnaSrama status could
