Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.2.13

yad dharma-sūnor bata rājasūye

nirīkshya drik-svastyayanam tri-lokah

kārtsnyena cādyeha gatam vidhātur

arvāk-sritau kauśalam ity amanyata

SYNONYMS

yat — the form which; dharma-sūnoh — of Mahārāja Yudhishthira; bata — certainly; rājasūye — in the arena of the rājasūya sacrifice; nirīkshya — by observing; drik — sight; svastyayanam — pleasing; tri-lokah — the three worlds; kārtsnyena — in sum total; ca — thus; adya — today; iha — within the universe; gatam — surpassed; vidhātuh — of the creator (Brahmā); arvāk — recent mankind; sritau — in the material world; kauśalam — dexterity; iti — thus; amanyata — contemplated.

TRANSLATION

All the demigods from the upper, lower and middle universal planetary systems assembled at the altar of the rājasūya sacrifice performed by Mahārāja Yudhishthira. After seeing the beautiful bodily features of Lord Krishna, they all contemplated that He was the ultimate dexterous creation of Brahmā, the creator of human beings.

PURPORT

There was nothing comparable to the bodily features of Lord Krishna when He was present in this world. The most beautiful object in the material world may be compared to the blue lotus flower or the full moon in the sky, but even the lotus flower and the moon were defeated by the beauty of the bodily features of Lord Krishna, and this was certified by the demigods, the most beautiful living creatures in the universe. The demigods thought that Lord Krishna, like themselves, was also created by Lord Brahmā, but in fact Brahmā was created by Lord Krishna. It was not within the power of Brahmā to create the transcendental beauty of the Supreme Lord. No one is the creator of Krishna; rather, He is the creator of everyone. As He says in Bhagavad-gītā (10.8), aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate.

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