Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 7: The Science of God

Chapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person. Text 20

श्रीनारद उवाच
स इत्थं दैत्यपतिना परिपृष्टो महामुनिः ।
स्मयमानस्तमभ्याह तद्वागमृतयन्त्रितः ॥२०॥

Å›rÄ«-nÄrada uvÄca
sa itthaá¹ daitya-patinÄ
paripṛṣṭo mahÄ-muniḥ
smayamÄnas tam abhyÄha
tad-vÄg-amá¹›ta-yantritaḥ

 Å›rÄ«-nÄradaḥ uvÄca - the great saint NÄrada Muni said; saḥ - that saintly person (lying down); ittham - in this way; daitya-patinÄ - by the King of the Daityas (PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja); paripṛṣṭaḥ - being sufficiently questioned; mahÄ-muniḥ - the great saintly person; smayamÄnaḥ - smiling; tam - unto him (PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja); abhyÄha - prepared to give answers; tat-vÄk - of his words; amá¹›ta-yantritaḥ - being captivated by the nectar.


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NÄrada Muni continued: When the saintly person was thus questioned by PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja, the King of the Daityas, he was captivated by this shower of nectarean words, and he replied to the inquisitiveness of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja with a smiling face.

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