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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṁ pravṛtta-vijñāna-vidhūta-vibhramaḥ śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ

[SB 1.10.3]

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niśamya---after listening; bhīṣma-uktam---what was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva; atha---as also; acyuta-uktam---what was spoken by the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa; pravṛtta---being engaged in; …

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