स्वमेव धिष्ण्यं बहु मानयन्तं यद्वासुदेवाभिधमामनन्ति । प्रत्यग्धृताक्षाम्बुजकोशमीष- दुन्मीलयन्तं विबुधोदयाय ॥ ४ ॥
svam eva dhisnyam bahu manayantam yad vasudevabhidham amananti pratyag-dhrtaksambuja-kosam isad unmilayantam vibudhodayaya
- svam
- Himself
- eva
- thus
- dhisnyam
- situated
- bahu
- greatly
- manayantam
- esteemed
- yat
- that which
- vasudeva
- Lord Vasudeva
- abhidham
- by the name
- amananti
- acknowledge
- pratyak-dhrta-aksa
- eyes settled for introspection
- ambuja-kosam
- lotuslike eye
- isat
- slightly
- unmilayantam
- opened
- vibudha
- of the greatly learned sages
- udayaya
- for the sake of advancement.
At that time Lord Sankarsana was meditating upon His Supreme Lord, whom the learned esteem as Lord Vasudeva, but for the sake of the advancement of the great learned sages He slightly opened His lotus like eyes and began to speak.