🪷 ŚB 2.7.6

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Sanskrit

धर्मस्य दक्षदुहितर्यजनिष्ट मूर्त्यां नारायणो नर इति स्वतप:प्रभाव: । दृष्ट्वात्मनो भगवतो नियमावलोपं देव्यस्त्वनङ्गपृतना घटितुं न शेकु: ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

dharmasya dakṣa-duhitary ajaniṣṭa mūrtyāṁ nārāyaṇo nara iti sva-tapaḥ-prabhāvaḥ dṛṣṭvātmano bhagavato niyamāvalopaṁ devyas tv anaṅga-pṛtanā ghaṭituṁ na śekuḥ
Synonyms
dharmasya — of Dharma (the controller of religious principles); dakṣa — Dakṣa, one of the Prajāpatis; duhitari — unto the daughter; ajaniṣṭa — took birth; mūrtyām — of the name Mūrti; nārāyaṇaḥ — Nārāyaṇa; naraḥ — Nara; iti — thus; sva-tapaḥ — personal penances; prabhāvaḥ — strength; dṛṣṭvā — by seeing; ātmanaḥ — of His own; bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; niyama-avalopam — breaking the vow; devyaḥ — celestial beauties; tu — but; anaṅga-pṛtanāḥ — companion of Cupid; ghaṭitum — to happen; na — never; śekuḥ — made possible.

Translation

To exhibit His personal way of austerity and penance, He appeared in twin forms as Nārāyaṇa and Nara in the womb of Mūrti, the wife of Dharma and the daughter of Dakṣa. Celestial beauties, the companions of Cupid, went to try to break His vows, but they were unsuccessful, for they saw that many beauties like them were emanating from Him, the Personality of Godhead.

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