Canto 1: CreationChapter 12: Birth of Emperor Parikshit

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.12.8

angushtha-matram amalam

sphurat-purata-maulinam

apivya-darsanam syamam

tadid vasasam acyutam

SYNONYMS

angushtha -- by the measure of a thumb; matram -- only; amalam -- transcendental; sphurat -- blazing; purata -- gold; maulinam -- helmet; apivya -- very beautiful; darsanam -- to look at; syamam -- blackish; tadit -- lightning; vasasam -- clothing; acyutam -- the Infallible (the Lord).

TRANSLATION

He [the Lord] was only thumb high, but He was all transcendental. He had a very beautiful, blackish, infallible body, and He wore a dress of lightning yellow and a helmet of blazing gold. Thus He was seen by the child.

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