SB 12.8.32
TEXT 32
tasyaivaṁ yuñjataś cittaṁ
tapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṁyamaiḥ
anugrahāyāvirāsīn
nara-nārāyaṇo hariḥ
SYNONYMS
tasya—while he, Mārkaṇḍeya; evam—in this way; yuñjataḥ—was fixing; cittam—his mind; tapaḥ—by austerity; svādhyāya—study of the Vedas; saṁyamaiḥ—and regulative principles; anugrahāya—for showing mercy; āvirāsīt—made Himself manifest; nara-nārāyaṇaḥ—exhibiting the forms of Nara and Nārāyaṇa; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Desiring to bestow His mercy upon the saintly Mārkaṇḍeya, who had perfectly fixed his mind in self-realization through penance, Vedic study and observance of regulative principles, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally appeared before the sage in the forms of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.