SB 12.9.19

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 9: Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi Sees the Illusory Potency of the Lord

SB 12.9.18

SB 12.9.20

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 19

ayutāyata-varṣāṇāṁ
sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
vyatīyur bhramatas tasmin
viṣṇu-māyāvṛtātmanaḥ

SYNONYMS

ayuta—tens of thousands; ayuta—by tens of thousands; varṣāṇām—of years; sahasrāṇi—thousands; śatāni—hundreds; ca—and; vyatīyuḥ—passed by; bhramataḥ—as he wandered; tasmin—in that; viṣṇu-māyā—by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu; āvṛta—covered; ātmanaḥ—his mind.

TRANSLATION

Countless millions of years passed as Mārkaṇḍeya wandered about in that deluge, his mind bewildered by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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