Canto 3, Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Verse 47 (SB 3.20.47)
SB 3.20.47 • मूल श्लोक

देहेन वै भोगवता शयानो बहुचिन्तया । सर्गेऽनुपचिते क्रोधादुत्ससर्ज ह तद्वपु: ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

dehena vai bhogavatā śayāno bahu-cintayā sarge ’nupacite krodhād utsasarja ha tad vapuḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

dehena — with his body; vai — indeed; bhogavatā — stretching out full length; śayānaḥ — lying fully stretched; bahu — great; cintayā — with concern; sarge — the creation; anupacite — not proceeded; krodhāt — out of anger; utsasarja — gave up; ha — in fact; tat — that; vapuḥ — body.

Translation

“Once Brahmā lay down with his body stretched at full length. He was very concerned that the work of creation had not proceeded apace, and in a sullen mood he gave up that body too.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda