132 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 21

offered obeisances; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; upfharat—offered worship;
padma-bhavah—Lord Brahma, who appeared from the lotus flower;
arhana-udakam—oblation by water; samarcya—worshiping; bhaktya
—in devotional service; abhyagrnat—pleased him; suci-sravah—the
most celebrated Vedic authority; yat-nabhi-parkeruha-sambhavah
svayam—Lord Brahma, who personally appeared from the lotus in the
navel of whom (the Personality of Godhead).

TRANSLATION

Among the great personalities who came to worship the lotus
feet of the Lord were those who had attained perfection in self-
control and regulative principles, as well as experts in logic,
history, general education and the Vedic literature known as kalpa
[dealing with old historical incidents]. Others were experts in the
Vedic corollaries like Brahma-samhita, all the other knowledge of
the Vedas [Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva], and also the supplemen-
tary Vedic knowledge [Ayur-veda, Dhanur-veda, etc.]. Others were
those who had been freed of the reactions to fruitive activities by
transcendental knowledge awakened by practice of yoga. And still
others were those who had attained residence in Brahmaloka not
by ordinary karma but by advanced Vedic knowledge. After de-
votedly worshiping the upraised lotus feet of the Supreme Lord
with oblations of water, Lord Brahma, who was born of the lotus
emanating from Lord Visnu’s navel, offered prayers to the Lord.

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dhatuh kamandalu-jalam tad urukramasya
padavanejana-pavitrataya narendra
svardhuny abhin nabhasi sa patati nimarsti

loka-trayam bhagavato visadeva kirtih
