SB 6.4.20 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तमबृंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापति: । विन्ध्यपादानुपव्रज्य सोऽचरद्‌दुष्करं तप: ॥ २० ॥

Verse text

tam abṛṁhitam ālokya 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that the population was not increasing, he went to the foothills of Vindhya mountain range, and there executed difficult austerities. Vindya-pādān means small hills near the Vindya Mountains.