Ätapatraá¹ tu vaikuṇṭhaá¹
dvijÄ dhÄmÄkuto-bhayam
tri-vá¹›d vedaḥ suparṇÄkhyo
yajñaṠvahati pūruṣam

 Ätapatram - His umbrella; tu - and; vaikuṇṭham - His spiritual abode, Vaikuṇṭha; dvijÄḥ - O brÄhmaṇas; dhÄma - His personal abode, the spiritual world; akutaḥ-bhayam - free from fear; tri-vá¹›t - threefold; vedaḥ - the Veda; suparṇa-Äkhyaḥ - named Suparṇa, or Garuá¸a; yajñam - sacrifice personified; vahati - carried; pÅ«ruá¹£am - the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


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O brÄhmaṇas, the Lord’s umbrella is His spiritual abode, Vaikuṇṭha, where there is no fear, and Garuá¸a, who carries the Lord of sacrifice, is the threefold Veda.

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