SB 6.8.38
इमां विद्यां पुरा कश्चित्कौशिको धारयन् द्विज: ।
योगधारणया स्वाङ्गं जहौ स मरुधन्वनि ॥ ३८ ॥
योगधारणया स्वाङ्गं जहौ स मरुधन्वनि ॥ ३८ ॥
imāṁ vidyāṁ purā kaścit
kauśiko dhārayan dvijaḥ
yoga-dhāraṇayā svāṅgaṁ
jahau sa maru-dhanvani
kauśiko dhārayan dvijaḥ
yoga-dhāraṇayā svāṅgaṁ
jahau sa maru-dhanvani
SYNONYMS
imām—this; vidyām—prayer; purā—formerly; kaścit—someone; kauśikaḥ—Kauśika; dhārayan—using; dvijaḥ—a brāhmaṇa; yoga-dhāraṇayā—by mystic power; sva-aṅgam—his own body; jahau—gave up; saḥ—he; maru-dhanvani—in the desert.
TRANSLATION
O King of heaven, a brāhmaṇa named Kauśika formerly used this armor when he purposely gave up his body in the desert by mystic power.