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# Bhagavatapurana 10.56.5

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10.56.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.56.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.56.5)

taṃ vilokya janā dūrāt tejasā muṣṭa-dṛṣṭayaḥ /  
dīvyate 'kṣair bhagavate śaśaṃsuḥ sūrya-śaṅkitāḥ //

> 5. Those who saw him from a distance had their eyes dazed with the splendour and took him for Surya (the sun) himself, and they informed of it to the Lord who was playing at dice.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.10.56.p6) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.56.5) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.11.1153) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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