SB 9.4.50 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तमन्वधावद् भगवद्रथाङ्गं दावाग्निरुद्धूतशिखो यथाहिम् । तथानुषक्तं मुनिरीक्षमाणो गुहां विविक्षु: प्रससार मेरो: ॥ ५० ॥

Verse text

tam anvadhāvad bhagavad-rathāṅgaṁ dāvāgnir uddhūta-śikho yathāhim tathānuṣaktaṁ munir īkṣamāṇo guhāṁ vivikṣuḥ prasasāra meroḥ

Synonyms

tam — unto Durvāsā ; anvadhāvat — began to follow ; bhagavat-ratha-aṅgam — the disc appearing from the wheel of the Lord’s chariot ; dāva-agniḥ — like a forest fire ; uddhūta — blazing high ; śikhaḥ — having flames ; yathā ahim — as it follows a snake ; tathā — in the same way ; anuṣaktam — as if touching Durvāsā Muni’s back ; muniḥ — the sage ; īkṣamāṇaḥ — seeing like that ; guhām — a cave ; vivikṣuḥ — wanted to enter ; prasasāra — began to move quickly ; meroḥ — of Meru Mountain.

Translation

As the blazing flames of a forest fire pursue a snake, the disc of the Supreme Personality of Godhead began following Durvāsā Muni. Durvāsā Muni saw that the disc was almost touching his back, and thus he ran very swiftly, desiring to enter a cave of Sumeru Mountain.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

As the blazing flames of a forest fire pursue a snake, the disc of the Supreme Lord began following Durvāsā Muni. Durvāsā Muni, seeing that the disc was almost attached to his back, ran very swiftly, desiring to enter a cave of Sumeru Mountain. Anaṣaktam means “as if attached to his back.”