ŚB 6.4.20
Devanagari
तमबृंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापति: ।
विन्ध्यपादानुपव्रज्य सोऽचरद्दुष्करं तप: ॥ २० ॥
विन्ध्यपादानुपव्रज्य सोऽचरद्दुष्करं तप: ॥ २० ॥
Verse text
tam abṛṁhitam ālokya
prajā-sargaṁ prajāpatiḥ
vindhya-pādān upavrajya
so ’carad duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ
prajā-sargaṁ prajāpatiḥ
vindhya-pādān upavrajya
so ’carad duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ
Synonyms
tam — that; abṛṁhitam — not increasing; ālokya — seeing; prajā-sargam — the creation of the living entities; prajāpatiḥ — Dakṣa, the generator of living entities; vindhya-pādān — the mountains near the Vindhya mountain range; upavrajya — going to; saḥ — he; acarat — executed; duṣkaram — very difficult; tapaḥ — austerities.
Translation
But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.