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| Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.33
kshmām utkshipantam gaja-līlayāńga
prajñāya baddhāñjalayo 'nuvākair
viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam
SYNONYMS
tamāla — a blue tree named the tamāla; nīlam — bluish; sita — white; danta — tusks; kotyā — with the curved edge; kshmām — the earth; utkshipantam — while suspending; gaja-līlayā — playing like an elephant; ańga — O Vidura; prajñāya — after knowing it well; baddha — folded; añjalayah — hands; anuvākaih — by Vedic hymns; viriñci — Brahmā; mukhyāh — headed by; upatasthuh — offered prayers; īśam — 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 tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.
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