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CC Madhya 24.271

Bengali

দণ্ডবৎ-স্থানে পিপীলিকারে দেখিয়া ।
বস্ত্রে স্থান ঝাড়ি’ পড়ে দণ্ডবৎ হঞা ॥ ২৭১ ॥

Text

daṇḍavat-sthāne pipīlikāre dekhiyā
vastre sthāna jhāḍi’ paḍe daṇḍavat hañā

Synonyms

daṇḍavat-sthāne — in the place where he wanted to offer his obeisances; pipīlikāre dekhiyā — seeing the ants; vastre — by the cloth; sthāna jhāḍi’ — cleansing the place; paḍe daṇḍa-vat hañā — falls down flat like a rod.

Translation

“Seeing the ants, the hunter whisked them away with a piece of cloth. After thus clearing the ants from the ground, he fell down flat to offer his obeisances.

Purport

The word daṇḍa means “rod,” and vat means “like.” To offer obeisances to the spiritual master, one must fall flat exactly as a rod falls on the ground. This is the meaning of the word daṇḍavat.