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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.22.61
kandarpa iva saundarye
manasvī mṛga-rāḍ iva
vātsalye manuvan nṛṇāḿ
prabhutve bhagavān ajaḥ
SYNONYMS
kandarpaḥ — Cupid; iva — like; saundarye — in beauty; manasvī — in thoughtfulness; mṛga-rāṭ iva — like the king of the animals, the lion; vātsalye — in affection; manu-vat — like Svāyambhuva Manu; nṛṇām — of human society; prabhutve — in the matter of controlling; bhagavān — the lord; ajaḥ — Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
In his bodily beauty he was just like Cupid, and in his thoughtfulness he was like a lion. In his affection he was just like Svāyambhuva Manu, and in his ability to control he was like Lord Brahmā.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness