Verse 17
Kunti begins· Verses 17–22
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कुन्त्युवाच ।नमस्ये पुरुषं त्वाऽऽद्यमीश्वरं प्रकृतेः परम् ।अलक्ष्यं सर्वभूतानामन्तर्बहिरवस्थितम्
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17With her sons released from the fire of the brahma-weapon, together with Draupadi, that true woman Prtha spoke this to Krsna as he faced his going. 18Kunti said: I bow to you, the first Person, the Lord beyond nature, unseen, standing within all beings and without them. 19Hidden behind the curtain of maya, unknown, the one beyond the reach of the senses, unspent, you are not made out by the dull of sight, as an actor is not when he wears his part. 20How then should we see you, being women, you who are there for the highest swans, sages whose selves are spotless, to set out the way of devotion by? 21To Krsna, to Vasudeva, to the joy of Devaki, to the boy of Nanda the cowherd, to Govinda: salutation, and salutation.
22Salutation to him whose navel is a lotus, salutation to him who wears the lotus garland, salutation to him whose eyes are lotuses, salutation to you whose feet are lotuses.