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mukam karoti vacalam

pangum langhayate girim

yat-krpa tam aham vande

paramananda-madhavam

SYNONYMS

mukam—a person who cannot speak; karoti—makes; vacalam—an eloquent speaker; pangum—a person who cannot even walk; langhayate—causes to cross over; girim—the mountain; yat-krpa—whose mercy; tam—unto Him; aham—I; vande—offer obeisances; parama-ananda—the transcendentally blissful; madhavam—Supreme Personality of Godhead “ ’The Supreme Personality of Godhead has the form of sac-cid-ananda vigraha, transcendental bliss, knowledge and eternity.

I offer my respectful obeisances unto He who turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.

Such is the mercy of the Lord.’ ”

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Bhavartha-dipika commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1).