SB 12.6.66

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

SB 12.6.64-65 - SB 12.6.67

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 66

yājñavalkyas tato brahmaṁś

chandāṁsy adhi gaveṣayan

guror avidyamānāni

sūpatasthe 'rkam īśvaram

SYNONYMS

yājñavalkyaḥ—Yājñavalkya; tataḥ—thereafter; brahman—O brāhmaṇa; chandāṁsi—mantras; adhi—additional; gaveṣayan—seeking out; guroḥ—to his spiritual master; avidyamānāni—not known; su-upatasthe—he carefully worshiped; arkam—the sun; īśvaram—the powerful controller.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

My dear brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, Yājñavalkya then desired to find out new yajur-mantras unknown to even his spiritual master. With this in mind he offered attentive worship to the powerful lord of the sun.

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