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ŚB 12.9.19

Devanagari

अयुतायुतवर्षाणां सहस्राणि शतानि च ।
व्यतीयुर्भ्रमतस्तस्मिन् विष्णुमायावृतात्मन: ॥ १९ ॥

Text

ayutāyuta-varṣāṇāṁ
sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
vyatīyur bhramatas tasmin
viṣṇu-māyāvṛtātmanaḥ

Synonyms

ayuta — tens of thousands; ayuta — by tens of thousands; varṣāṇām — of years; sahasrāṇi — thousands; śatāni — hundreds; ca — and; vyatīyuḥ — passed by; bhramataḥ — as he wandered; tasmin — in that; viṣṇu-māyā — by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu; āvṛta — covered; ātmanaḥ — his mind.

Translation

Countless millions of years passed as Mārkaṇḍeya wandered about in that deluge, his mind bewildered by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.