तस्यैवं युञ्जतश्चित्तं तप:स्वाध्यायसंयमै: । अनुग्रहायाविरासीन्नरनारायणो हरि: ॥ ३२ ॥
tasyaivaṁ yuñjataś cittaṁ tapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṁyamaiḥ anugrahāyāvirāsīn nara-nārāyaṇo hariḥ
- tasya
- while he, Mārkaṇḍeya
- evam
- in this way
- yuñjataḥ
- was fixing
- cittam
- his mind
- tapaḥ
- by austerity
- svādhyāya
- study of the Vedas
- saṁyamaiḥ
- and regulative principles
- anugrahāya
- for showing mercy
- āvirāsīt
- made Himself manifest
- nara-nārāyaṇaḥ
- exhibiting the forms of Nara and Nārāyaṇa
- hariḥ
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Desiring to bestow His mercy upon the saintly Mārkaṇḍeya, who had perfectly fixed his mind in self-realization through penance, Vedic study and observance of regulative principles, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally appeared before the sage in the forms of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.