Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 21: Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.21.16

vyūḍha-vakṣā bṛhac-chroṇir

vali-valgu-dalodaraḥ

āvarta-nābhir ojasvī

kāñcanorur udagra-pāt

SYNONYMS

vyūḍha — broad; vakṣāḥ — chest; bṛhat-śroṇiḥ — thick waist; vali — wrinkles; valgu — very beautiful; dala — like a leaf of a banyan tree; udaraḥ — abdomen; āvarta — coiled; nābhiḥ — navel; ojasvī — lustrous; kāñcana — golden; uruḥ — thighs; udagra-pāt — arched instep.

TRANSLATION

The chest of Mahārāja Pṛthu was very broad, his waist was very thick, and his abdomen, wrinkled by lines of skin, resembled in construction a leaf of a banyan tree. His navel was coiled and deep, his thighs were of a golden hue, and his instep was arched.

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