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  "name":"SB 3.16.28",
  "h1":"SB 3.16.28",
  "label":"Text 28",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.16.28",
  "description":"The sages circumambulated the Supreme Lord, offered their obeisances and returned, extremely delighted at learning of the divine opulences of the Vaiṣṇava."

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SB 3.16.28

भगवन्तं परिक्रम्य प्रणिपत्यानुमान्य च ।
प्रतिजग्मुः प्रमुदिताः शंसन्तो वैष्णवीं श्रियम् ॥२८॥

Text

bhagavantaṁ parikramya
praṇipatyānumānya ca
pratijagmuḥ pramuditāḥ
śaṁsanto vaiṣṇavīṁ śriyam

Synonyms

bhagavantam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parikramya—after circumambulating; praṇipatya—after offering obeisances; anumānya—after learning; ca—and; pratijagmuḥ—returned; pramuditāḥ—extremely delighted; śaṁsantaḥ—glorifying; vaiṣṇavīm—of the Vaiṣṇavas; śriyam—opulence.

Translation

The sages circumambulated the Supreme Lord, offered their obeisances and returned, extremely delighted at learning of the divine opulences of the Vaiṣṇava.

Purport

It is still a respectful practice to circumambulate the Lord in Hindu temples. Especially in Vaiṣṇava temples there is an arrangement for people to offer their respects to the Deity and circumambulate the temple at least three times.