अथैनमस्तौदवधार्य पूरुषं परं नताङ्ग: कृतधी: कृताञ्जलि: । स्वरोचिषा भारत सूतिकागृहं विरोचयन्तं गतभी: प्रभाववित् ॥ १२ ॥
athainam astaud avadhārya pūruṣaṁ paraṁ natāṅgaḥ kṛta-dhīḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ sva-rociṣā bhārata sūtikā-gṛhaṁ virocayantaṁ gata-bhīḥ prabhāva-vit
- atha
- thereafter
- enam
- to the child
- astaut
- offered prayers
- avadhārya
- understanding surely that the child was the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- pūruṣam
- the Supreme Person
- param
- transcendental
- nata-aṅgaḥ
- falling down
- kṛta-dhīḥ
- with concentrated attention
- kṛta-añjaliḥ
- with folded hands
- sva-rociṣā
- by the brilliance of His personal beauty
- bhārata
- O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of Mahārāja Bharata
- sūtikā-gṛham
- the place where the Lord was born
- virocayantam
- illuminating all around
- gata-bhīḥ
- all his fear disappeared
- prabhāva-vit
- he could now understand the influence (of the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of King Bharata, Vasudeva could understand that this child was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. Having concluded this without a doubt, he became fearless. Bowing down with folded hands and concentrating his attention, he began to offer prayers to the child, who illuminated His birthplace by His natural influence.