ते वै भगवतो रूपे नरनारायणावृषी । दृष्ट्वोत्थायादरेणोच्चैर्ननामाङ्गेन दण्डवत् ॥ ३५ ॥
te vai bhagavato rūpe nara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣī dṛṣṭvotthāyādareṇoccair nanāmāṅgena daṇḍa-vat
- te
- They
- vai
- indeed
- bhagavataḥ
- of the Personality of Godhead
- rūpe
- the personal manifestations
- nara-nārāyaṇau
- Nara and Nārāyaṇa
- ṛṣī
- the two sages
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- utthāya
- standing up
- ādareṇa
- with respect
- uccaiḥ
- great
- nanāma
- bowed down
- aṅgena
- with his entire body
- daṇḍa-vat
- just like a stick
These two sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, were the direct personal forms of the Supreme Lord. When Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi saw Them, he immediately stood up and then with great respect offered Them obeisances by falling down flat on the ground like a stick.