Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 34: Nanda Maharaja Saved and Sankhacuda Slain

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.34.9

sa vai bhagavatah srimat

pada-sparsa-hatasubhah

bheje sarpa-vapur hitva

rupam vidyadhararcitam

SYNONYMS

sah -- he; vai -- indeed; bhagavatah -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sri-mat -- divine; pada -- of the foot; sparsa -- by the touch; hata -- destroyed; asubhah -- all inauspiciousness; bheje -- assumed; sarpa-vapuh -- his snake body; hitva -- giving up; rupam -- a form; vidyadhara -- by the Vidyadharas; arcitam -- worshiped.

TRANSLATION

The snake had all his sinful reactions destroyed by the touch of the Supreme Lord's divine foot, and thus he gave up his serpent body and appeared in the form of a worshipable Vidyadhara.

PURPORT

The words rupam vidyadhararcitam indicate that the erstwhile snake appeared in a beautiful form worshipable among the demigods called Vidyadharas. In other words, he appeared as the leader of the Vidyadharas.

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