daṇá¸avat-sthÄne pipÄ«likÄre dekhiyÄ
vastre sthÄna jhÄá¸i' paá¸e daṇá¸avat hañÄ
daṇá¸avat-sthÄne - in the place where he wanted to offer his obeisances; pipÄ«likÄre dekhiyÄ - seeing the ants; vastre - by the cloth; sthÄna jhÄá¸i' - cleansing the place; paá¸e daṇá¸a-vat haÃ±Ä - falls down flat like a rod.
“Seeing the ants, the hunter whisked them away with a piece of cloth. After thus clearing the ants from the ground, he fell down flat to offer his obeisances.
The word daṇá¸a means “rod,†and vat means “like.†To offer obeisances to the spiritual master, one must fall flat exactly as a rod falls on the ground. This is the meaning of the word daṇá¸avat.
