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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.4

తథేతి శనకై రాజన్మహాభాగవతోఽర్భక: । ఉపేత్య భువి కాయేన ననామ విధృతాఞ్జలి: ॥ ౪ ॥
tatheti śanakai rājan
[tatheti shanakai raajan]
mahā-bhāgavato ’rbhakaḥ
[mahaa-bhaagavato ’rbhakah]
upetya bhuvi kāyena
[upetya bhuvi kaayena]
nanāma vidhṛtāṣjaliḥ
[nanaama vidhritaashjalih]
Word-for-word
tathā — so be it iti — thus accepting the words of Lord Brahmā śanakaiḥ — very slowly rājan — O King (Yudhiṣṭhira) mahā-bhāgavataḥ — the great, exalted devotee (Prahlāda Mahārāja) arbhakaḥ — although only a small boy upetya — gradually going near bhuvi — on the ground kāyena — by his body nanāma — offered respectful obeisances vidhṛta-aṣjaliḥ — folding his hands.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatheti śanakai rājan
tathā
so be it
iti
thus accepting the words of Lord Brahmā
śanakaiḥ
very slowly
rājan
O King (Yudhiṣṭhira)
mahā-bhāgavato ’rbhakaḥ
mahā-bhāgavataḥ
the great, exalted devotee (Prahlāda Mahārāja)
arbhakaḥ
although only a small boy
upetya bhuvi kāyena
upetya
gradually going near
bhuvi
on the ground
kāyena
by his body
nanāma vidhṛtāṣjaliḥ
nanāma
offered respectful obeisances
vidhṛta-aṣjaliḥ
folding his hands.
Nārada Muni continued: O King, although the exalted devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja was only a little boy, he accepted Lord Brahmā’s words. He gradually proceeded toward Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and fell down to offer his respectful obeisances with folded hands.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! The child, a great devotee, accepting Brahmā's request, gently approached Nṛsiṁhadeva with folded hands and offered his respects on the ground.
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