Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.13.20
దృష్ట్వా మాం త ఉపవ్రజ్య కృత్వా పాదాభివన్దనమ్ ।
బ్రహ్మాణమగ్రత: కృత్వా పప్రచ్ఛు: కో భవానితి ॥ ౨౦ ॥
dṛṣṭvā māṁ ta upavrajya
[drishtvaa maam ta upavrajya]
kṛtvā pādābhivandanam
[kritvaa paadaabhivandanam]
brahmāṇam agrataḥ kṛtvā
[brahmaanam agratah kritvaa]
papracchuḥ ko bhavān iti
[paprachchuh ko bhavaan iti]
Word-for-word
dṛṣṭvā
—
thus seeing
mām
—
Me
te
—
they (the sages)
upavrajya
—
approaching
kṛtvā
—
offering
pāda
—
at the lotus feet
abhivandanam
—
obeisances
brahmāṇam
—
Lord Brahmā
agrataḥ
—
in front
kṛtvā
—
keeping
papracchuḥ
—
they asked
kaḥ bhavān
—
“who are You, sir?”
iti
—
thus.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dṛṣṭvā māṁ ta upavrajya
dṛṣṭvā
thus seeing
mām
Me
te
they (the sages)
upavrajya
approaching
kṛtvā pādābhivandanam
kṛtvā
offering
pāda
at the lotus feet
abhivandanam
obeisances
brahmāṇam agrataḥ kṛtvā
brahmāṇam
Lord Brahmā
agrataḥ
in front
kṛtvā
keeping
papracchuḥ ko bhavān iti
papracchuḥ
they asked
kaḥ bhavān
“who are You, sir?”
iti
thus.
Thus seeing Me, the sages, placing Brahmā in the lead, came forward and worshiped My lotus feet. Then they frankly asked Me, “Who are You?”
Purport
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments, “When Brahmā was unable to answer the question placed by the sages, he fixed his mind in thought of the Supreme Lord. The Lord then assumed the form of Haṁsa and appeared before Lord Brahmā and the sages, who proceeded to inquire about the specific identity of the Lord.”
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing me, the sages, placing Brahmā in the lead, came forward and worshiped my lotus feet. Then they asked, “Who are you?”
My note
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