> > Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 3
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)
> > Canto 3 Part 1
> > ********
> > Chapter 13 The Appearance of Lord Varaha

> > *******

> > TEXT 1

> > sri-suka uvaca
> > nisamya vacam vadato
> > muneh punyatamam nrpa
> > bhuyah papraccha kauravyo
> > vas udeva-kathadrta h
> > sri-sukah uvaca: Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; nisamya: after hearing; vacam: talks; vadatah: while speaking; muneh: of Maitreya Muni; punya-tamam: the most virtuous; nrpa: O King; bhuyah: then again; papraccha: inquired; kauravyah: the best amongst the Kurus (Vidura); vasudeva-katha: topics on the subject of the personality of Godhead, Vasudeva; adrtah: one who so adores.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, after hearing all these most virtuous topics from the sage Maitreya, Vidura inquired further on the topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which he adored to hear.
> > ******

> > TEXT 2

> > vidura uvaca
> > sa vai svayambhuvah samrat
> > priyah putrah svayambhuvah
> > pratilabhya priyam patnim
> > kim cahara tato mune
> > vidurah uvaca: Vidura said; sah: he; vai: easily; svayambhuvah: Svayambhuva Manu; samrat: the king of all kings; priyah: dear; putrah: son; svayambhuvah: of Brahma; pratilabhya: after obtaining; priyam: most loving; patnim: wife; kim: what; cahara: did; tatah: thereafter; mune: O great sage.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Vidura said: O great sage, what did Svayambhuva, the dear son of Brahma, do after obtaining his very loving wife?
> > ******
> > TEXT 3
> > caritam tasya rajarser
> > adi-rajasya sattama
> > bruhi me sraddadhanaya
> > visvaksenasrayo hy asau
> > caritam: character; tasya: his; rajarseh: of the saintly king; adi-rajasya: of the original king; sattama: O most pious one; bruhi: kindly speak; me: unto me; sraddadhanaya: unto one eager to receive; visvaksena: of the Personality of Godhead; asrayah: one who has taken shelter; hi: certainly; asau: that king.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O best of the virtuous, the original king of kings [Manu] was a great devotee of the Personality of Godhead Hari, and thus it is worth hearing of his sublime character and activities. Please describe them. I am very eager to hear.
> > ******

> > TEXT 4

> > srutasya pumsam sucira-sramasya
> > nanv anjasa suribhir idito 'rthah
> > tat-tad-gunanusravanam mukunda-
> > padaravindam hrdayesu yesam
> > srutasya: of persons who are in the process of hearing; pumsam: of such persons; sucira: for a long time; sramasya: laboring very hard; nanu: certainly anjasa: elaborately; suribhih: by pure devotees; iditah: explained by; arthah: statements; tat: that; tat: that; guna: transcendental qualities; anusravanam: thinking; mukunda: the Personality of Godhead, who awards liberation; pada-aravindam: the lotus feet; hrdayesu: within the heart; yesam: of them.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Persons who hear from a spiritual master with great labor and for a long time must hear from the mouths of pure devotees about the character and activities of pure devotees. Pure devotees always think within their hearts of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, who awards His devotees liberation.
> > ******

> > TEXT 5

> > sri-suka uvaca
> > iti bruvanam viduram vinitam
> > sahasra-sirsnas caranopadhanam
> > prahrsta-roma bhagavat-kathayam
> > praniyamano munir abhyacasta
> > sri-sukah uvaca: Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti: thus; bruvanam: speaking; viduram: unto Vidura; vinitam: very gentle; sahasra-sirsnah: the Personality of Godhead Krsna; carana: lotus feet; upadhanam: pillow; prahrsta-roma: hairs standing in ecstasy; bhagavat: in relationship with the Personality of Godhead; kathayam: in the words; praniyamanah: being influenced by such spirit; munih: the sage; abhyacasta: attempted to speak.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: The Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna was pleased to place His lotus feet on the lap of Vidura because Vidura was very meek and gentle. The sage Maitreya was very pleased with Vidura's words, and, being influenced by his spirit, he attempted to speak.

> > ******

> > TEXT 6
> > maitreya uvaca
> > yada sva-bharyaya sardham
> > jatah svayambhuvo manuh
> > pranjalih pranatas cedam
> > veda-garbham abhasata
> > maitreyah uvaca: Maitreya said; yada: when; svabha-ryaya: along with his wife; sardham: accompanied by; jatah: appeared; svayambhuvah: Svayambhuva Manu; manuh: the father of mankind; pranjalih: with folded hands; pranatah: in obeisances; ca: also; idam: this; veda-garbham: unto the reservoir of Vedic wisdom; abhasata: addressed.
> > TRANSLATION
> > The sage Maitreya said to Vidura: After his appearance, Manu, the father of mankind, along with his wife, thus addressed the reservoir of Vedic wisdom, Brahma, with obeisances and folded hands.
> > ******

> > TEXT 7

> > tvam ekah sarva-bhutanam
> > janma-krd vrttidah pita
> > tathapi nah prajanam te
> > susrusa kena va bhavet
> > tvam: you; ekah: one; sarva: all; bhutanam: living entities; janma-krt: progenitor; vrtti-dah: source of subsistence; pita: the father; tatha api: yet; nah: ourselves; prajanam: of all who are born; te: of you; susrusa: service; kena: how; va: either; bhavet: may be possible.
> > TRANSLATION
> > You are the father of all living entities and the source of their subsistence because they are all born of you. Please order us how we may be able to render service unto you.

> > ******

> > TEXT 8

> > tad vidhehi namas tubhyam
> > karmasv idyatma-saktisu
> > yat krtveha yaso visvag
> > amutra ca bhaved gatih
> > tat: that; vidhehi: give direction; namah: my obeisances; tubhyam: unto you; karmasu: in duties; idya: O worshipful one; atma-saktisu: within our working capacity; yat: which; krtva: doing; iha: in this world; yasah: fame; visvak: everywhere; amutra: in the next world; ca: and; bhavet: it should be; gatih: progress.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O worshipful one, please give us your direction for the execution of duty within our working capacity so that we can follow it for fame in this life and progress in the next.
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> > TEXT 9

> > brahmovaca
> > pritas tubhyam aham tata
> > svasti stad vam ksitisvara
> > yan nirvyalikena hrda
> > sadhi mety atmanarpitam
> > brahma uvaca: Brahma said; pritah: pleased; tubhyam: unto you; aham: I; tata: my dear son; svasti: all blessings; stat: let there be; vam: unto you both; ksiti-isvara: O lord of the world; yat: because; nirvyalikena: without reservation; hrda: by the heart; sadhi: give instruction; ma: unto me; iti: thus; atmana: by self; arpitam: surrendered.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Lord Brahma said: My dear son, O lord of the world, I am very pleased with you, and I desire all blessings for both you and your wife. You have without reservation surrendered yourself unto me with your heart for my instructions.
> > ******
> > TEXT 10
> > etavaty atmajair vira
> > karya hy apacitir gurau
> > saktyap ramattair grhyeta
> > sadaram gata-matsaraih
> > etavati: just exactly like this; atmajaih: by the offspring; vira: O hero; harya: should be performed; hi: certainly; apacitih: worship; gurau: unto the superior; saktya: with full capacity; apramattaih: by the sane; grhyeta: should be accepted; sa-adaram: with great delight; gata-matsaraih: by those who are beyond the limit of envy.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O hero, your example is quite befitting a son in relationship with his father. This sort of adoration for the superior is required. One who is beyond the limit of envy and who is sane accepts the order of his father with great delight and executes it to his full capacity.
> > ******
> > TEXT 11
> > sa tvam asyam apatyani
> > sadrsany atmano gunaih
> > utpadya sasa dharmena
> > gam yajnaih purusam yaja
> > sah: therefore that obedient son; tvam: as you are; asyam: in her; apatyani: children; sadrsani: equally qualified; atmanah: of yourself; gunaih: with the characteristics; utpadya: having begotten; sasa: rule; dharmena: on the principles of devotional service; gam: the world; yajnaih: by sacrifices; purusam: the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yaja: worship.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Since you are my very obedient son, I ask you to beget children qualified like yourself in the womb of your wife. Rule the world in pursuance of the principles of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus worship the Lord by performances of yajna.
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> > TEXT 12

> > param susrusanam mahyam
> > syat praja-raksaya nrpa
> > bhagavams te praja-bhartur
> > hrsikeso 'nutusyati
> > param: the greatest; susrusanam: devotional service; mahyam: unto me; syat: should be; praja: the living entities born in the material world; raksaya: by saving them from being spoiled; nrpa: O King; bhagavan: the Personality of Godhead; te: with you; praja-bhartuh: with the protector of the living beings; hrsikesah: the Lord of the senses; anutusyati: is satisfied.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O King, if you can give proper protection to the living beings in the material world, that will be the best service for me. When the Supreme Lord sees you to be a good protector of the conditioned souls, certainly the master of the senses will be very pleased with you.
> > ******
> > TEXT 13
> > yesam na tusto bhagavan
> > yajna-lingo janardanah
> > tesam sramo hy aparthaya
> > yad atma nadrtah svayam
> > yesam: of those with whom; na: never; tustah: satisfied; bhagavan: the Personality of Godhead; yajna-lingah: the form of sacrifice; janardanah: Lord Krsna, or the visnu-tattva; tesam: of them; sramah: labor; hi: certainly; aparthaya: without profit; yat: because; atma: the Supreme Soul; na: not; adrtah: respected; svayam: his own self.
> > TRANSLATION
> > The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Janardana [Lord Krsna], is the form to accept all the results of sacrifice. If He is not satisfied, then one's labor for advancement is futile. He is the ultimate Self, and therefore one who does not satisfy Him certainly neglects his own interests.

> > ******

> > TEXT 14

> > manur uvaca
> > adese 'ham bhagavato
> > varteyamiva-sudana
> > sthanam tv ihanujanihi
> > prajanam mama ca prabho
> > manuh uvaca: Sri Manu said; adese: under the order; aham: I; bhagavatah: of your powerful self; varteya: shall stay; amiva-sudana: O killer of all sins; sthanam: the place; tu: but; iha: in this world; anujanihi: please let me know; prajanam: of the living entities born from me; mama: my; ca: also; prabho: O lord.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Sri Manu said: O all-powerful lord, O killer of all sins, I shall abide by your order. Now please let me know my place and that of the living entities born of me.
> > ******
> > TEXT 15
> > yad okah sarva-bhutanam
> > mahi magna mahambhasi
> > asya uddharane yatno
> > deva devya vidhiyatam
> > yat: because; okah: the dwelling place; sarva: for all; bhutanam: living entities; mahi: the earth; magna: merged; maha-ambhasi: in the great water; asyah: of this; uddharane: in the lifting; yatnah: attempt; deva: O master of the demigods; devyah: of this earth; vidhiyatam: let it be done.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O master of the demigods, please attempt to lift the earth, which is merged in the great water, because it is the dwelling place for all the living entities. It can be done by your endeavor and by the mercy of the Lord.
> > ******

> > TEXT 16

> > maitreya uvaca
> > paramesthi tv apam madhye
> > tatha sannam aveksya gam
> > katham enam samunnesya
> > iti dadhyau dhiya ciram
> > maitreyah uvaca: Sri Maitreya Muni said; paramesthi: Brahma; tu: also; apam: the water; madhye: within; tatha: thus; sannam: situated; aveksya: seeing; gam: the earth; katham: how; enam: this; samunnesye: I shall lift; iti: thus; dadhyau: gave attention; dhiya: by intelligence; ciram: for a long time.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Sri Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahma gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.
> > ******

> > TEXT 17

> > srjato me ksitir varbhih
> > plavyamana rasam gata
> > athatra kim anustheyam
> > asmabhih sarga-yojitaih
> > yasyaham hrdayad asam
> > sa iso vidadhatu me
> > srjatah: while engaged in creation; me: of me; ksitih: the earth; varbhih: by the water; plavyamana: being inundated; rasam: depth of water; gata: gone down; atha: therefore; atra: in this matter; kim: what; anustheyam: is right to be attempted; asmabhih: by us; sarga: creation; yojitaih: engaged in; yasya: the one from whose; aham: I; hrdayat: from the heart; asam: born; sah: He; isah: the Lord; vidadhatu: may direct; me: unto me.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Brahma thought: While I have been engaged in the process of creation, the earth has been inundated by a deluge and has gone down into the depths of the ocean. What can we do who are engaged in this matter of creation? It is best to let the Almighty Lord direct us.
> > ******
> > TEXT 18
> > ity abhidhyayato nasa-
> > viva rat sahasanagha
> > varaha-toko niragad
> > angustha-parimanakah
> > iti: thus; abhidhyayatah: while thinking; nasa-vivarat: from the nostrils; sahasa: all of a sudden; anagha: O sinless one; varaha-tokah: a minute form of Varaha (a boar); niragat: came out; angustha: the upper portion of the thumb; parimanakah: of the measurement.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O sinless Vidura, all of a sudden, while Brahma was engaged in thinking, a small form of a boar came out of his nostril. The measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.
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> > TEXT 19

> > tasyabhipasyatah kha-sthah
> > ksanena kila bharata
> > gaja-matrah pravavrdhe
> > tad adbhutam abhun mahat
> > tasya: his; abhipasyatah: while thus observing; kha-sthah: situated in the sky; ksanena: suddenly; kila: verily; bharata: O descendant of Bharata; gaja-matrah: just like an elephant; pravavrdhe: thoroughly expanded; tat: that; adbhutam: extraordinary; abhut: transformed; mahat: into a gigantic body.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O descendant of Bharata, while Brahma was observing Him, that boar became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a great elephant.
> > ******

> > TEXT 20

> > marici-pramukhair vipraih
> > kumarair manuna saha
> > drstva tat saukaram rupam
> > tarkayam asa citradha
> > marici: the great sage Marici; pramukhaih: headed by; vipraih: all brahmanas; kumaraih: with the four Kumaras; manuna: and with Manu; saha: with; drstva: seeing; tat: that; saukaram: appearance like a boar; rupam: form; tarkayam asa: argued among themselves; citradha: in various ways.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Struck with wonder at observing the wonderful boarlike form in the sky, Brahma, with great brahmanas like Marici, as well as the Kumaras and Manu, began to argue in various ways.

> > ******

> > TEXT 21

> > kim etat sukara-vyajam
> > sattvam divyam avasthitam
> > aho batascaryam idam
> > nasaya me vinihsrtam
> > kim: what; etat: this; sukara: boar; vyajam: pretension; sattvam: entity; divyam: extraordinary; avasthitam: situated; aho bata: oh, it is; ascaryam: very wonderful; idam: this; nasayah: from the nose; me: my; vinihsrtam: came out.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Is this some extraordinary entity come in the pretense of a boar? It is very wonderful that He has come from my nose.

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> > TEXT 22

> > drsto 'ngustha-siro-matrah
> > ksanad ganda-sila-samah
> > api svid bhagavan esa
> > yajno me khedayan manah
> > drstah: just seen; angustha: thumb; sirah: tip; matrah: only; ksanat: immediately; ganda-sila: large stone; samah: like; api svit: whether; bhagavan: the Personality of Godhead; esah: this; yajnah: Visnu; me: my; khedayan: perturbing; manah: mind.
> > TRANSLATION
> > First of all this boar was seen no bigger than the tip of a thumb, and within a moment He was as large as a stone. My mind is perturbed. Is He the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu?
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> > TEXT 23

> > iti mimamsatas tasya
> > brahmanah saha sunubhih
> > bhagavan yajna-puruso
> > jagarjagendra-sannibhah
> > iti: thus; mimamsatah: while deliberating; tasya: his; brahmanah: of Brahma; saha: along with; sunubhih: his sons; bhagavan: the Personality of Godhead; yajna: Lord Visnu; purusah: the Supreme Person; jagarja: resounded; aga-indra: great mountain; sannibhah: like.
> > TRANSLATION
> > While Brahma was deliberating with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, roared tumultuously like a great mountain.
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> > TEXT 24

> > brahmanam harsayam asa
> > haris tams ca dvijottaman
> > sva-garjitena kakubhah
> > pratisvanayata vibhuh
> > brahmanam: unto Brahma; harsayam asa: enlivened; harih: the Personality of Godhead; tan: all of them; ca: also; dvija-uttaman: highly elevated brahmanas; sva-garjitena: by His uncommon voice; kakubhah: all directions; pratisvanayata: which echoed; vibhuh: the omnipotent.
> > TRANSLATION
> > The omnipotent Supreme Personality of Godhead enlivened Brahma and the other highly elevated brahmanas by again roaring with His uncommon voice, which echoed in all directions.
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> > TEXT 25

> > niamya te ghargharitam sva-kheda-
> > ksayisnu mayamaya-sukarasya
> > janas-tapah-satya-nivasinas te
> > tribhih pavitrair munayo 'grnan sma
> > niamya: just after hearing; te: those; ghargharitam: the tumultuous sound; sva-kheda: personal lamentation; ksayis nu: destroying; maya-maya: all-merciful; sukarasya: of Lord Boar; janah: the Janaloka planet; tapah: the Tapoloka planet; satya: the Satyaloka planet; nivasinah: residents; te: all of them; tribhih: from the three Veda; pavitraih: by the all-auspicious mantras; munayah: great thinkers and sages; agrnan sma: chanted.
> > TRANSLATION
> > When the great sages and thinkers who are residents of Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka heard the tumultuous voice of Lord Boar, which was the all-auspicious sound of the all-merciful Lord, they chanted auspicious chants from the three Vedas.
> > ******

> > TEXT 26

> > tesam satam veda-vitana-murtir
> > brahmavadharyatma-gunanuvadam
> > vinadya bhuyo vibudhodayaya
> > gajendra-lilo jalam avivesa
> > tesam: of them; satam: of the great devotees; veda: all knowledge; vitana-murtih: the form of expansion; brahma: Vedic sound; avadharya: knowing it well; atma: of Himself; guna-anuvadam: transcendental glorification; vinadya: resounding; bhuyah: again; vibudha: of the transcendentally learned; udayaya: for the elevation or benefit; gajendra-lilah: playing like an elephant; jalam: the water; avivesa: entered.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Playing like an elephant, He entered into the water after roaring again in reply to the Vedic prayers by the great devotees. The Lord is the object of the Vedic prayers, and thus He understood that the devotees' prayers were meant for Him.
> > ******

> > TEXT 27

> > utksipta-valah kha-carah kathorah
> > sata vidhunvan khara-romasa-tvak
> > khurahatabhrah sita-damstra iksa-
> > jyotir babhase bhagavan mahidhrah
> > utksipta-valah: slashing with the tail; kha-carah: in the sky; kathorah: very hard; satah: hairs on the shoulder; vidhunvan: quivering; khara: sharp; romasa-tvak: skin full of hairs; khura-ahata: struck by the hooves; abhrah: the clouds; sita-damstrah: white tusks; iksa: glance; jyotih: luminous; babhase: began to emit an effulgence; bhagavan: the Personality of Godhead; mahi-dhrah: the supporter of the world.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Before entering the water to rescue the earth, Lord Boar flew in the sky, slashing His tail, His hard hairs quivering. His very glance was luminous, and He scattered the clouds in the sky with His hooves and His glittering white tusks.
> > ******

> > TEXT 28

> > ghranena prthvyah padavim vijighran
> > krodapadesah svayam adhvarangah
> > karala-damstro 'py akarala-drgbhyam
> > udviksya vipran grnato 'viat kam
> > ghranena: by smelling; prthvyah: of the earth; padavim: situation; vijighran: searching after the earth; kroda-apadesah: assuming the body of a hog; svayam: personally; adhvara: transcendental; angah: body; karala: fearful; damstrah: teeth (tusks); api: in spite of; akarala: not fearful; drgbhyam: by His glance; udviksya: glancing over; vipran: all the brahmana- devotees; grnatah: who were engaged in prayers; aviat: entered; kam: the water.
> > TRANSLATION
> > He was personally the Supreme Lord Visnu and was therefore transcendental, yet because He had the body of a hog, He searched after the earth by smell. His tusks were fearful, and He glanced over the devotee-brahmanas engaged in offering prayers. Thus He entered the water.
> > ******

> > TEXT 29

> > sa vajra-kutanga-nipata-vega-
> > visirna-kuksih stanayann udanvan
> > utsrsta-dirghormi-bhujair ivartas
> > cukrosa yajnesvara pahi meti
> > sah: that; vajra-kuta-anga: body like a great mountain; nipata-vega: the force of diving; visirna: bifurcating; kuksih: the middle portion; stanayan: resounding like; udanvan: the ocean; utsrsta: creating; dirgha: high; urmi: waves; bhujaih: by the arms; iva artah: like a distressed person; cukrosa: prayed loudly; yajna-inara: O master of all sacrifices; pahi: please protect; ma: unto me; iti: thus.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Diving into the water like a giant mountain, Lord Boar divided the middle of the ocean, and two high waves appeared as the arms of the ocean, which cried loudly as if praying to the Lord, "O Lord of all sacrifices, please do not cut me in two! Kindly give me protection!"
> > ******

> > TEXT 30

> > khuraih ksuraprair darayams tad apa
> > utpara-param tri-paru rasayam
> > dadarsa gam tatra susupsur agre
> > yam jiva-dhanim svayam abhyadhatta
> > khuraih: by the hooves; ksurapraih: compared to a sharp weapon; darayan: penetrating; tat: that; apah: water; utpara-param: found the limitation of the unlimited; tri-paruh: the master of all sacrifices; rasayam: within the water; dadarsa: found; gam: the earth; tatra: there; susupsuh: lying; agre: in the beginning; yam: whom; jiva-dhanim: the resting place for all living entities; svayam: personally; abhyadhatta: uplifted.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Lord Boar penetrated the water with His hooves, which were like sharp arrows, and found the limits of the ocean, although it was unlimited. He saw the earth, the resting place for all living beings, lying as it was in the beginning of creation, and He personally lifted it.
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> > TEXT 31

> > sva-damstrayoddhrtya mahim nimagnam
> > sa utthitah samruruce rasayah
> > tatrapi daityam gadayapatantam
> > sunabha-sandipita-tiv ra-manyuh
> > sva-damstraya: by His own tusks; uddhrtya: raising; mahim: the earth; nimagnam: submerged; sah: He; utthitah: getting up; samruruce: appeared very splendid; rasayah: from the water; tatra: there; api: also; daityam: unto the demon; gadaya: with the club; apatantam: rushing towards Him; sunabha: the wheel of Krsna; sandipita: glowing; tivra: fierce; manyuh: anger.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Lord Boar very easily took the earth on His tusks and got it out of the water. Thus He appeared very splendid. Then, His anger glowing like the Sudarsana wheel, He immediately killed the demon [Hiranyaksa], although he tried to fight with the Lord.
> > ******

> > TEXT 32

> > jaghana rundhanam asahya-vikramam
> > sa lilayebham mrgarad ivambhasi
> > tad-rakta-pankankita-ganda-tundo
> > yatha gajendro jagatim vibhindan
> > jaghana: killed; rundhanam: the obstructive enemy; asahya: unbearable; vikramam: prowess; sah: He; lilaya: easily; ibham: the elephant; mrga-rat: the lion; iva: like; ambhasi: in the water; tatrakta: of his blood; panka-ankita: smeared by the pool; ganda: cheeks; tundah: tongue; yatha: as if; gajendrah: the elephant; jagatim: earth; vibhindan: digging.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging in the purple earth.
> > ******

> > TEXT 33

> > tamala-nilam sita-danta-kotya
> > ksmam utksipantam gaja-lilayanga
> > prajnaya baddhanjalayo 'nuvakair
> > virinci-mukhya upatasthur iam
> > tamala: a blue tree named the tamala; nilam: bluish; sita: white; danta: tusks; kotya: with the curved edge; ksmam: the earth; utksipantam: while suspending; gaja-lilaya: playing like an elephant; anga: O Vidura; prajnaya: after knowing it well; baddha: folded; anjalayah: hands; anuvakaih: by Vedic hymns; virinci: Brahma; mukhyah: headed by; upatasthuh: offered prayers; isam: unto the Supreme Lord.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that of a tamala tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahma, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.
> > ******

> > TEXT 34

> > rsaya ucuh
> > jitam jitam te jita yajna-bhavana
> > trayim tanum svam paridhunvate namah
> > yad-roma-gartesu nililyur addhayas
> > tasmai namah harana-sukaraya te
> > rsayah ucuh: the glorified sages uttered; jitam: all glories; jitam: all victories; te: unto You; ajita: O unconquerable one; yajna-bhavana: one who is understood by performances of sacrifice; trayim: personified Veda; tanum: such a body; svam: own; paridhunvate: shaking; namah: all obeisances; yat: whose; roma: hairs; gartesu: in the holes; nililyuh: submerged; addhayah: the oceans; tasmai: unto Him; namah: offering obeisances; harana-sukaraya: unto the hog form assumed for reasons; te: unto You.
> > TRANSLATION
> > All the sages uttered with great respect: O unconquerable enjoyer of all sacrifices, all glories and all victories unto You! You are moving in Your form of the personified Vedas, and in the hair holes of Your body the oceans are submerged. For certain reasons [to uplift the earth] You have now assumed the form of a boar.

> > ******

> > TEXT 35

> > rupam tavaitan nanu duskrtatmanam
> > durdarsanam deva yad adhvaratmakam
> > chandamsi yasya tvaci barhi-romasv
> > ajyam drsi tv anghrisu catur-hotram
> > rupam: form; tava: Your; etat: this; nanu: but; duskrta-atmanam: of souls who are simply miscreants; durdarsanam: very difficult to see; deva: O Lord; yat: that; adhvara-atmakam: worshipable by performances of sacrifice; chandamsi: the Gayatri mantra and others; yasya: whose; tvaci: touch of the skin; barhih: sacred grass called kusa; romasu: hairs on the body; ajyam: clarified butter; drsi: in the eyes; tu: also; anghrisu: on the four legs; catuh-hotram: four kinds of fruitive activities.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O Lord, Your form is worshipable by performances of sacrifice, but souls who are simply miscreants are unable to see it. All the Vedic hymns, Gayatri and others, are in the touch of Your skin. In Your bodily hairs is the kusa grass, in Your eyes is the clarified butter, and in Your four legs are the four kinds of fruitive activities.
> > ******

> > TEXT 36

> > srak tunda asit sruva ia nasayor
> > idodare camasah karna-randhre
> > prasitram asye grasane grahas tu te
> > yac carvanam te bhagavann agni-hotram
> > srak: the plate for sacrifice; tunde: on the tongue; asit: there is; sruvah: another plate for sacrifice; ia: O Lord; nasayoh: of the nostrils; ida: the plate for eating; udare: in the belly; camasah: another plate for sacrifices; karna-randhre: in the holes of the ears; prasitram: the plate called the Brahma plate; asye: in the mouth; grasane: in the throat; grahah: the plates known as soma plates; tu: but; te: Your; yat: that which; carvanam: chewing; te: Your; bhagavan: O my Lord; agni-hotram: is Your eating through Your sacrificial fire.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O Lord, Your tongue is a plate of sacrifice, Your nostril is another plate of sacrifice, in Your belly is the eating plate of sacrifice, and another plate of sacrifice is the holes of Your ears. In Your mouth is the Brahma plate of sacrifice, Your throat is the plate of sacrifice known as soma, and whatever You chew is known as agni-hotra.
> > ******

> > TEXT 37

> > diksanujanmopasadah sirodharam
> > tvam prayaniyodayaniya-damstrah
> > jihva pravargyas tava sirsakam kratoh
> > satyavasathyam citayo 'savo hi te
> > diksa: initiation; anujanma: spiritual birth, or repeated incarnations; upasadah: three kinds of desires (relationship, activities and ultimate goal); sirah-dharam: the neck; tvam: You; prayaniya: after the result of initiation; udayaniya: the last rites of desires; damstrah: the tusks; jihva: the tongue; pravargyah: prior activities; tava: Your; sirsakam: head; kratoh: of the sacrifice; satya: fire without sacrifice; avasathyam: fire of worship; citayah: aggregate of all desires; asavah: life breath; hi: certainly; te: Your.
> > TRANSLATION
> > Moreover, O Lord, the repetition of Your appearance is the desire for all kinds of initiation. Your neck is the place for three desires, and Your tusks are the result of initiation and the end of all desires. Your tongue is the prior activities of initiation, Your head is the fire without sacrifice as well as the fire of worship, and Your living forces are the aggregate of all desires.
> > ******
> > TEXT 38
> > somas tu retah savanany avasthitih
> > samstha-vibheda tava deva dhatavah
> > satrani sarvani sarira-sandhis
> > tvam sarva-yajna-kratur isti-bandhanah
> > somah tu retah: Your semen is the sacrifice called soma; savanani: ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitih: different statuses of bodily growth; samstha-vibhedah: seven varieties of sacrifices; tava: Your; deva: O Lord; dhatavah: ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh; satrani: sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvani: all of them; sarira: the bodily; sandhih: joints; tvam: Your Lordship; sarva: all; yajna: asoma sacrifices; kratuh: soma sacrifices; isti: the ultimate desire; bandhanah: attachment.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajna. Your growth is the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensations are the seven elements of the agnistoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are bound by yajnas only.
> > ******
> > TEXT 39
> > namo namas te 'khila-mantra-devata-
> > dravyaya sarva-kratave kriyatmane
> > vairagya-bhaktyatmajayanubhavita-
> > jnanaya vidya-gurave namo namah
> > namah namah: obeisances unto You; te: unto You, who are worshipable; akhila: all-inclusive; mantra: hymns; devata: the Supreme Lord; dravyaya: unto all ingredients for performing sacrifices; sarva-kratave: unto all kinds of sacrifices; kriya-atmane: unto You, the supreme form of all sacrifices; vairagya: renunciation; bhaktya: by devotional service; atma jaya-anubhavita: perceivable by conquering the mind; jnanaya: such knowledge; vidya-gurave: the supreme spiritual master of all knowledge; namah namah: again I offer my respectful obeisances.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are worshipable by universal prayers, Vedic hymns and sacrificial ingredients. We offer our obeisances unto You. You can be realized by the pure mind freed from all visible and invisible material contamination. We offer our respectful obeisances to You as the supreme spiritual master of knowledge in devotional service.
> > ******

> > TEXT 40

> > damstragra-kotya bhagavams tvaya dhrta
> > virajate bhudhara bhuh sa-bhudhara
> > yatha vanan nihsarato data dhrta
> > matan-gajendrasya sa-patra-padmini
> > damstra-agra: the tips of the tusks; kotya: by the edges; bhagavan: O Personality of Godhead; tvaya: by You; dhrta: sustained; virajate: is so beautifully situated; bhu-dhara: O lifter of the earth; bhuh: the earth; sa-bhudhara: with mountains; yatha: as much as; vanat: from the water; nihsaratah: coming out; data: by the tusk; dhrta: captured; matam-gajendrasya: infuriated elephant; sa-patra: with leaves; padmini: the lotus flower.
> > TRANSLATION
> > O lifter of the earth, the earth with its mountains, which You have lifted with Your tusks, is situated as beautifully as a lotus flower with leaves sustained by an infuriated elephant just coming out of the water.

>   ******

>   TEXT 41

>   trayimayam rupam idam ca saukaram
>   bhu-mandalenatha data dhrtena te
>   cakasti srngodha-ghanena bhuyasa
>   kulacalendrasya yathaiva vibhramah
>   trayi-mayam: Veda personified; rupam: form; idam: this; ca: also; saukaram: the boar; bhu-mandalena: by the earth planet; atha: now; data: by the tusk; dhrtena: sustained by; te: Your; cakasti: is glowing; srnga-udha: sustained by the peaks; ghanena: by the clouds; bhuyasa: more glorified; kula-acala-indrasya: of the great mountains; yatha: as much as; eva: certainly; vibhramah: decoration.
>   TRANSLATION
>   O Lord, as the peaks of great mountains become beautiful when decorated with clouds, Your transcendental body has become beautiful because of Your lifting the earth on the edge of Your tusks.
>   ******

>   TEXT 42

>   samsthapayainam jagatam sa-tasthusam
>   lohaya patnim asi mataram pita
>   vidhema casyai namasa saha tvaya
>   yasyam sva-tejo 'gnim ivaranav adhah
>   samsthapaya enam: raise this earth; jagatam: both the moving and; sa-tasthusam: nonmoving; lohaya: for their residence; patnim: wife; asi: You are; mataram: the mother; pita: the father; vidhema: do we offer; ca: also; asyai: unto the mother; namasa: with all obeisances; saha: along with; tvaya: with You; yasyam: in whom; sva-tejah: by Your own potency; agnim: fire; iva: likened; aranau: in the arani wood; adhah: invested.
>   TRANSLATION
>   O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the arani wood.
>   ******

>   TEXT 43

>   kah sraddadhitanyatamas tava prabho
>   rasam gataya bhuva udvibarhanam
>   na vismayo 'sau tvayi vina-vismaye
>   yo mayayedam sasrje 'tivismayam
>   kah: who else; sraddadhita: can endeavor; anyatamah: anyone besides Yourself; tava: Your; prabho: O Lord; rasam: in the water; gatayah: while lying in; bhuvah: of the earth; udvibarhanam: deliverance; na: never; vismayah: wonderful; asau: such an act; tvayi: unto You; vina: universal; vismaye: full of wonders; yah: one who; mayaya: by potencies; idam: this; sasrje: created; ativismayam: surpassing all wonders.
>   TRANSLATION
>   Who else but You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could deliver the earth from within the water? It is not very wonderful for You, however, because You acted most wonderfully in the creation of the universe. By Your energy You have created this wonderful cosmic manifestation.
>   ******

>   TEXT 44

>   vidhunvata vedamayam nijam vapur
>   janas-tapah-satya-nivasino vayam
>   sata-sikhoddhuta-sivambu-bindubhir
>   vimrjyamana bhrsam ia pavitah
>   vidhunvata: while shaking; veda-mayam: personified Veda; nijam: own; vapuh: body; janah: the Janaloka planetary system; tapah: the Tapoloka planetary system; satya: the Satyaloka planetary system; nivasinah: the inhabitants; vayam: we; sata: hairs on the shoulder; sikha-uddhuta: sustained by the tip of the hair; siva: auspicious; ambu: water; bindubhih: by the particles; vimrjya-manah: we are thus sprinkled by; bhrsam: highly; ia: O Supreme Lord; pavitah: purified.
>   TRANSLATION
>   O Supreme Lord, undoubtedly we are inhabitants of the most pious planets: the Jana, Tapas and Satya lokas: but still we have been purified by the drops of water sprinkled from Your shoulder hairs by the shaking of Your body.
>   ******

>   TEXT 45

>   sa vai bata bhrasta-matis tavaisate
>   yah karmanam param apara-karmanah
>   yad-yogamaya-guna-yoga-mohitam
>   vinam samastam bhagavan vidhehi sam
>   sah: he; vai: certainly; bata: alas; bhrasta-matih: nonsense; tava: Your; esate: desires; yah: one who; karmanam: of activities; param: limit; apara-karmanah: of one who has unlimited activities; yat: by whom; yoga: mystic power; maya: potency; guna: modes of material nature; yoga: mystic power; mohitam: bewildered; vinam: the universe; samastam: in total; bhagavan: O Supreme personality of Godhead; vidhehi: just be pleased to bestow; sam: good fortune.
>   TRANSLATION
>   O Lord, there is no limit to Your wonderful activities. Anyone who desires to know the limit of Your activities is certainly nonsensical. Everyone in this world is conditioned by the powerful mystic potencies. Please bestow Your causeless mercy upon these conditioned souls.
>   ******

>   TEXT 46

>   maitreya uvaca
>   ity upasthiyamano 'sau
>   munibhir brahma-vadibhih
>   salile sva-khurakranta
>   upadhattavitavanim
>   maitreyah uvaca: the sage Maitreya said; iti: thus; upasthiyamanah: being praised by; asau: Lord Boar; munibhih: by the great sages; brahma-vadibhih: by the transcendentalists; salile: on the water; sva-khura-akrante: touched by His own hooves; upadhatta: placed; avita: the maintainer; avanim: the earth.
>   TRANSLATION
>   The sage Maitreya said: The Lord, being thus worshiped by all the great sages and transcendentalists, touched the earth with His hooves and placed it on the water.
>   ******

>   TEXT 47

>   sa ittham bhagavan urvim
>   visvaksenah prajapatih
>   rasaya lilayonnitam
>   apsu nyasya yayau harih
>   sah: He; ittham: in this manner; bhagavan: the Personality of Godhead; urvim: the earth; visvaksenah: another name of Visnu; praja-patih: the Lord of the living entities; rasayah: from within the water; lilaya: very easily; unnitam: raised; apsu: on the water; nyasya: placing; yayau: returned to His own abode; harih: the Personality of Godhead.
>   TRANSLATION
>   In this manner the Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, the maintainer of all living entities, raised the earth from within the water, and having placed it afloat on the water, He returned to His own abode.
>   ******

>   TEXT 48

>   ya evam etam hari-medhaso hareh
>   katham subhadram kathaniya-mayinah
>   srnvita bhaktya sravayeta vosatim
>   janardano 'syasu hrdi prasidati
>   yah: one who; evam: thus; etam: this; hari-medhasah: who destroys the material existence of the devotee; hareh: of the Personality of Godhead; katham: narration; su-bhadram: auspicious; kathaniya: worthy to narrate; mayinah: of the merciful by His internal potency; srnvita: hears; bhaktya: in devotion; sravayeta: also allows others to hear; va: either; usatim: very pleasing; janardanah: the Lord; asya: his; asu: very soon; hrdi: within the heart; prasidati: becomes very pleased.
>   TRANSLATION
>   If one hears and describes in a devotional service attitude this auspicious narration of Lord Boar, which is worthy of description, the Lord, who is within the heart of everyone, is very pleased.
>   ******

>   TEXT 49

>   tasmin prasanne sakalaisam prabhau
>   kim durlabham tabhir alam lavatmabhih
>   ananya-drstya bhajatam guhasayah
>   svayam vidhatte sva-gatim parah param
>   tasmin: unto Him; prasanne: being pleased; sakala-asisam: of all benediction; prabhau: unto the Lord; kim: what is that; durlabham: very difficult to obtain; tabhih: with them; alam: away; lava-atmabhih: with insignificant gains; ananya-drstya: by nothing but devotional service; bhajatam: of those who are engaged in devotional service; guha-asayah: residing within the heart; svayam: personally; vidhatte: executes; sva-gatim: in His own abode; parah: the supreme; param: transcendental.
>   TRANSLATION
>   Nothing remains unachieved when the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased with someone. By transcendental achievement one understands everything else to be insignificant. One who engages in transcendental loving service is elevated to the highest perfectional stage by the Lord Himself, who is seated in everyone's heart.
>   ******

>   TEXT 50

>   ko nama loke purusartha-saravit
>   pura-kathanam bhagavat-katha-sudham
>   apiya karnanjalibhir bhavapaham
>   aho virajyeta vina naretaram
>   kah: who; nama: indeed; loke: in the world; purusa-artha: goal of life; sara-vit: one who knows the essence of; pura-kathanam: of all past histories; bhagavat: regarding the Personality of Godhead; katha-sudham: the nectar of the narrations about the Personality of Godhead; apiya: by drinking; karna-anjalibhih: by aural reception; bhava-apaham: that which kills all material pangs; aho: alas; virajyeta: could refuse; vina: except; nara-itaram: other than the human being.
>   TRANSLATION
>   Who, other than one who is not a human being, can exist in this world and not be interested in the ultimate goal of life? Who can refuse the nectar of narrations about the Personality of Godhead's activities, which by itself can deliver one from all material pangs?

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