SB 8.19.8

TEXT 8

TEXT

तमायान्तं समालोक्य शूलपाणिं कृतान्तवत् ।
चिन्तयामास कालज्ञो विष्णुर्मायाविनां वरः ॥ ८ ॥

tam ayantam samalokya

sula-panim krtantavat

cintayam asa kala-jno

visnur mayavinam varah

tam-him (Hiranyakasipu); ayantam-coming forward; samalokya-observing minutely; sula-panim-with a trident in his hand; krtanta-vat-just like death personified; cintayam asa-thought; kala-jnah-who knows the progress of time; visnuh-Lord Visnu; mayavinam-of all kinds of mystics; varah-the chief.

TRANSLATION

Seeing Hiranyakasipu coming forward bearing a trident in his hand like personified death, Lord Visnu, the best of all mystics and the knower of the progress of time, thought as follows.

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