Śrī Kṛṣṇa Upaniṣad
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अब्जकाण्डं जगत्बीजं धृतं पाणौ स्वलीलया
गरुडो वटभाण्डीरः सुदामा नारदो मुनिः

abjakāṇḍaṁ jagatbījaṁ dhr̥taṁ pāṇau svalīlayā
garuḍo vaṭabhāṇḍīraḥ sudāmā nārado muniḥ

WORD BY WORD

abja — lotus; kāṇḍam — root; jagat — of the universe; bījam — seed; dhr̥tam — held; pāṇau — in the hand; sva-līlayā — playfully; garuḍaḥ — Garuḍa; vaṭa-bhāṇḍīraḥ — banyan tree; sudāmā — Sudāmā; nāradaḥ — Nārada; muniḥ — Muni;

TRANSLATION

In His hand Lord Kṛṣṇa playfully holds the lotus root that is the seed of thematerial universes. Garuḍa became a great banyan tree (in Vṛndāvana). Nārada Muni became Sudāmā.
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